The Secretary of Agriculture shall direct and superintend the expenditure of all money appropriated to the Department and render accounts thereof.
7 U.S. Code § 2208 - Expenditure of appropriations; accounting
R.S. § 3677 derived act May 15, 1882, ch. 72, § 3, 12 Stat. 388.
Section was formerly classified to section 557a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
“Secretary of Agriculture” substituted in text for “Commissioner of Agriculture” pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of act Feb. 9, 1889, which are classified to section 2202 of this title. See, also, section 2205 of this title.
Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4306, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1131, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4306, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1893, provided that:
[Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical provisions. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.]
Pub. L. 105–86, title VII, § 716, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2106, provided that:
“Hereafter: (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.—None of the funds made available in this Act [see Tables for classification] may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 ([former] 41 U.S.C. 10a–10c [see chapter 83 of Title 41, Public Contracts]; popularly known as the ‘Buy American Act’).
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–180, title VII, § 716, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1598.
Pub. L. 104–37, title VII, § 716, Oct. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 330.
Pub. L. 103–330, title VII, § 719, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2468.
Pub. L. 103–111, title VII, § 727, Oct. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 1080.
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.