7 U.S.C. § 2205 — Duties of former Commissioner of Agri-

Page 1443 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 2206 1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by ‘‘of’’. (C) farmland transition and succession. (b) Farmland ownership The Secretary shall collect and, not less fre- quently than once every 3 years report, data and analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transi- tion, and entry of beginning farmers and ranch- ers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as those terms are defined in section 2279(a) of this title). In carrying out this sub- section, the Secretary shall, at a minimum— (1) collect and distribute comprehensive re- porting of trends in farmland ownership, ten- ure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers and ranch- ers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; (2) develop surveys and report statistical and economic analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profit- ability, and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers, including a regular follow-on survey to each Census of Agriculture with results of the follow-on survey made public not later than 3 years after the previous Census of Agri- culture; and (3) require the National Agricultural Statis- tics Service to include in the Tenure, Owner- ship, and Transition of Agricultural Land sur- vey questions relating to— (A) the extent to which non-farming land- owners are purchasing and holding onto farmland for the sole purpose of real estate investment; (B) the impact of these farmland owner- ship trends on the successful entry and via- bility of beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranch- ers; (C) the extent to which farm and ranch land with undivided interests and no admin- istrative authority identified have farms or ranches operating on that land; and (D) the impact of land tenure patterns, categorized by— (i) race, gender, and ethnicity; and (ii) region. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each fiscal 1 years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended. (Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12607, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 5006.) § 2204j. National agriculture imagery program (a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, shall carry out a national agriculture imagery program to annually acquire aerial imagery dur- ing agricultural growing seasons from the conti- nental United States. (b) Data The aerial imagery acquired under this section shall— (1) consist of high resolution processed dig- ital imagery; (2) be made available in a format that can be provided to Federal, State, and private sector entities; (3) be technologically compatible with geospatial information technology; and (4) be consistent with the standards estab- lished by the Federal Geographic Data Com- mittee. (c) Supplemental satellite imagery The Secretary of Agriculture may supplement the aerial imagery collected under this section with satellite imagery. (d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter. (Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12612, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 5013.) § 2205. Duties of former Commissioner of Agri- culture transferred to Secretary The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to perform all the duties named in all Acts of Congress in force on February 8, 1889, to be performed by the Commissioner of Agri- culture. (Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 840; July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 515 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. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain ex- ceptions, 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. § 2206. Custody of property and records The Secretary of Agriculture shall have charge, in the building and premises appro- priated to the department, of the library, fur- niture, fixtures, records, and other property ap- pertaining to it, or acquired for use in its busi- ness. (R.S. § 525; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 525 derived from act May 15, 1862, ch. 72, § 3, 12 Stat. 387 and Res. Dec. 15, 1868, No. 1, 15 Stat. 343. Section was formerly classified to section 516 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. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Commissioner of Agriculture’’ pursuant to sections 1