Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2226. Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Department is authorized on and after , to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay for necessary hours of work for emergency forest fire fighting and pest control and for handling of animals, including dairy cattle, without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
(Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title IV, § 407, 65 Stat. 246.) · 65 Stat. 246
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2226
(Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title IV, § 407, 65 Stat. 246.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title IV, § 407, 65 Stat. 246.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 574a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, , 80 Stat. 378.
Credits
(Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title IV, § 407, 65 Stat. 246.)