7 U.S.C. § 452 — Supervision of division of cooperative mar-

Page 407 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 452 Section was formerly classified to sections 67 and 564 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. § 450i. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450i was editorially reclassified as section 3157 of this title. § 450j. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450j was editorially reclassified as section 4551 of this title. § 450k. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450k was editorially reclassified as section 4552 of this title. § 450l. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450l was editorially reclassified as section 4553 of this title. CHAPTER 18—COOPERATIVE MARKETING Sec. 451. ‘‘Agricultural products’’ defined. 452. Supervision of division of cooperative mar- keting. 453. Authority and duties of division. 454. Advisers to counsel with Secretary of Agri- culture; expenses and subsistence. 455. Dissemination of crop, market, etc., informa- tion by cooperative marketing associations. 456. Rules and regulations; appointment, removal, and compensation of employees; expendi- tures; authorization of appropriations. 457. Separability. § 451. ‘‘Agricultural products’’ defined When used in this chapter the term ‘‘agricul- tural products’’ means agricultural, horti- cultural, viticultural, and dairy products, live- stock and the products thereof, the products of poultry and bee raising, the edible products of forestry, and any and all products raised or pro- duced on farms and processed or manufactured products thereof, transported or intended to be transported in interstate and/or foreign com- merce. (July 2, 1926, ch. 725, § 1, 44 Stat. 802.) § 452. Supervision of division of cooperative mar- keting The division of cooperative marketing shall be under the direction and supervision of the Sec- retary of Agriculture. (July 2, 1926, ch. 725, § 2, 44 Stat. 802.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION First sentence of section, which provided that ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and di- rected to establish a division of cooperative marketing with suitable personnel in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture or in such bureau in the Department of Agriculture as may here- after be concerned with the marketing and distribution of farm products’’ was omitted from the Code as exe- cuted. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Act Aug. 6, 1953, ch. 335, § 9, 67 Stat. 394, provided: ‘‘There is hereby transferred from the Farm Credit Ad- ministration to the jurisdiction and control of the Sec- retary of Agriculture the Division of Cooperative Mar- keting (by whatever name now called) authorized and created under and by virtue of an Act of Congress of July 2, 1926 (Public, Numbered 450, Sixty-ninth Con- gress), entitled ‘An Act to create a Division of Coopera- tive Marketing in the Department of Agriculture; to provide for the acquisition and dissemination of infor- mation pertaining to cooperation; to promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices; to provide for calling advisers to counsel with the Sec- retary of Agriculture on cooperative activities; to au- thorize cooperative associations to acquire, interpret, and disseminate crop and market information, and for other purposes [this chapter]’, together with all func- tions pertaining to the work and services of such Divi- sion, its personnel, property (including office equip- ment), assets, funds, contracts, and records used and employed in the execution of its functions, powers, and duties, and so much of the unexpended balances of ap- propriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available for salaries, expenses, and all other administrative expenditures as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget [now Director of the Office of Management and Budget] shall determine, for use in the execution of the functions, powers, and duties of said Division.’’ Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Farmer Cooperative Service established in Depart- ment of Agriculture Dec. 4, 1953, pursuant to Sec- retary’s Memorandum 1320, Supp. 4, 1953, as successor to functions of Cooperative Research and Service Divi- sion, Farm Credit Administration. Ex. Ord. No. 9322, Mar. 26, 1943, 8 F.R. 3807, as amend- ed by Ex. Ord. No. 9334, Apr. 19, 1943, 8 F.R. 5423, re- moved Farm Credit Administration from Food Produc- tion Administration of Department of Agriculture and returned it to its former status as a separate agency of Department. Ex. Ord. No. 9280, Dec. 5, 1942, 7 F.R. 10179, made Farm Credit Administration a part of Food Production Ad- ministration of Department of Agriculture. Farm Credit Administration transferred to Depart- ment of Agriculture by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 401, 4 F.R. 2727, 53 Stat. 1423, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Ex. Ord. No. 6084, Mar. 27, 1933, set out as a note pre- ceding section 2241 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, changed name of Federal Farm Board to Farm Credit Administration and name of office of Chairman of Fed- eral Farm Board to Governor of Farm Credit Adminis- tration. Ex. Ord. No. 5200, Oct. 1, 1929, transferred, eff. Oct. 1, 1929, from Department of Agriculture to jurisdiction and control of Federal Farm Board the whole of Divi- sion of Cooperative Marketing in Bureau of Agricul- tural Economics of Department of Agriculture, all functions pertaining to work and services of such divi- sion, its records, property, including office equipment, personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriation, pertaining to such work or services. EXCEPTIONS FROM TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Corporations of Department of Agri- culture, boards of directors and officers of such cor- Page 408 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 453 porations; Advisory Board of Commodity Credit Cor- poration; and Farm Credit Administration or any agen- cy, officer, or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of said Administration excepted from functions of offi- cers, agencies, and employees transferred 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. § 453. Authority and duties of division (a) The division shall render service to asso- ciations of producers of agricultural products, and federations and subsidiaries thereof, en- gaged in the cooperative marketing of agricul- tural products, including processing, warehousing, manufacturing, storage, the coop- erative purchasing of farm supplies, credit, fi- nancing, insurance, and other cooperative ac- tivities. (b) The division is authorized— (1) To acquire, analyze, and disseminate eco- nomic, statistical, and historical information regarding the progress, organization, and busi- ness methods of cooperative associations in the United States and foreign countries. (2) To conduct studies of the economic, legal, financial, social, and other phases of co- operation, and publish the results thereof. Such studies shall include the analyses of the organization, operation, financial and mer- chandising problems of cooperative associa- tions. (3) To make surveys and analyses if deemed advisable of the accounts and business prac- tices of representative cooperative associa- tions upon their request; to report to the asso- ciation so surveyed the results thereof; and with the consent of the association so sur- veyed to publish summaries of the results of such surveys, together with similar facts, for the guidance of cooperative associations and for the purpose of assisting cooperative asso- ciations in developing methods of business and market analysis. (4) To confer and advise with committees or groups of producers, if deemed advisable, that may be desirous of forming a cooperative asso- ciation and to make an economic survey and analysis of the facts surrounding the produc- tion and marketing of the agricultural prod- uct or products which the association, if formed, would handle or market. (5) To acquire from all available sources in- formation concerning crop prospects, supply, demand, current receipts, exports, imports, and prices of the agricultural products han- dled or marketed by cooperative associations, and to employ qualified commodity marketing specialists to summarize and analyze this in- formation and disseminate the same among cooperative associations and others. (6) To promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices and to cooperate, in promoting such knowledge, with educational and marketing agencies, cooperative associa- tions, and others. (7) To make such special studies, in the United States and foreign countries, and to ac- quire and disseminate such information and findings as may be useful in the development and practice of cooperation. (July 2, 1926, ch. 725, § 3, 44 Stat. 802.) § 454. Advisers to counsel with Secretary of Agri- culture; expenses and subsistence The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to call advisers to counsel with him and/or his representatives relative to spe- cific problems of cooperative marketing of farm products or any other cooperative activity. Any person, other than an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, called into conference, as provided for in this section, may be paid actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem to cover subsistence and other ex- penses while in conference and en route from and to his home. (July 2, 1926, ch. 725, § 4, 44 Stat. 803.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Transfer of Division of Cooperative Marketing ‘‘(by whatever name now called)’’ from Farm Credit Admin- istration to Secretary of Agriculture, by act Aug. 6, 1953, ch. 335, § 9, 67 Stat. 394, see note set out under sec- tion 452 of this title. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Farmer Cooperative Service in Department of Agri- culture as successor to functions of Cooperative Re- search and Service Division, Farm Credit Administra- tion, see note set out under section 452 of this title. For prior transfers of functions, see notes set out under section 452 of this title. EXCEPTIONS FROM TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Corporations of Department of Agri- culture, boards of directors and officers of such cor- porations; Advisory Board of Commodity Credit Cor- poration; and Farm Credit Administration or any agen- cy, officer, or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of said Administration excepted from functions of offi- cers, agencies, and employees transferred 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. § 455. Dissemination of crop, market, etc., infor- mation by cooperative marketing associa- tions Persons engaged, as original producers of agri- cultural products, such as farmers, planters, ranchmen, dairymen, nut or fruit growers, act- ing together in associations, corporate or other- wise, in collectively processing, preparing for market, handling, and marketing in interstate and/or foreign commerce such products of per- sons so engaged, may acquire, exchange, inter- pret, and disseminate past, present, and prospec- tive crop, market, statistical, economic, and other similar information by direct exchange be- tween such persons, and/or such associations or federations thereof, and/or by and through a common agent created or selected by them. (July 2, 1926, ch. 725, § 5, 44 Stat. 803.) § 456. Rules and regulations; appointment, re- moval, and compensation of employees; ex- penditures; authorization of appropriations The Secretary of Agriculture may make such rules and regulations as may be deemed advis-