Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 98 — Department of Agriculture Reorganization
§ 6915. Combination of field offices
Statutory text
Combination of offices required
Where practicable and to the extent consistent with efficient, effective, and improved service, the Secretary shall combine field offices of agencies within the Department to reduce personnel and duplicative overhead expenses.
Joint use of resources and offices required
When two or more agencies of the Department share a common field office, the Secretary shall require the agencies to jointly use office space, equipment, office supplies, administrative personnel, and clerical personnel associated with that field office.
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.
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–354 title II § 215 · 108 Stat. 3178
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6915
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 215, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3211.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 215, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3211.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 215. COMBINATION OF FIELD OFFICES. (a) Combination of Offices Required.— Where practicable and to the extent consistent with efficient, effective, and improved service, the Secretary shall combine field offices of agencies within the Department to reduce personnel and duplicative overhead expenses. (b) Joint Use of Resources and Offices Required.— When two or more agencies of the Department share a common field office, the Secretary shall require the agencies to jointly use office space, equipment, office supplies, administrative personnel, and clerical personnel associated with that field office.
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