7 U.S.C. § 451 — ‘‘Agricultural products’’ defined

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-