7 U.S.C. § 1389 — Personnel

Page 698 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1389 1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. rying out this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16 in connection with which such committees are used. (B) The rate of compensation received by such persons for such work on December 23, 1985, shall be increased at the discretion of the Sec- retary. (c) Travel expenses (1) The Secretary shall make payments to members of local, county, and State committees to cover expenses for travel incurred by such persons (including, in the case of a member of a local or county committee, travel between the home of such member and the local county of- fice of the Agricultural Stabilization and Con- servation Service) in cooperating in carrying out this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16 in connection with which such Committees 1 are used. (2) Such travel expenses shall be paid in the manner authorized under section 5703 of title 5 for the payment of expenses and allowances for individuals employed intermittently in the Fed- eral Government service. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 388, 52 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1713(a), (b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1636, 1637.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Chapter 3B [§ 590a et seq.] of title 16, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to the Soil Con- servation and Domestic Allotment Act. AMENDMENTS 1985—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 99–198 designated exist- ing provisions of subsec. (b) as par. (1), added par. (2), and added subsec. (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1713(c), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1637, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall become effec- tive on January 1, 1986.’’ § 1389. Personnel The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the execution by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of such of the pow- ers conferred upon him by this chapter as he deems may be appropriately exercised by such Administration; and for such purposes the provi- sions of law applicable to appointment and com- pensation of persons employed by the Agricul- tural Adjustment Administration shall apply. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 389, 52 Stat. 69.) 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. Functions of Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees. See note set out under section 610 of this title. Agricultural Adjustment Administration consoli- dated with other agencies into Agricultural Conserva- tion and Adjustment Administration for duration of war, see Ex. Ord. No. 9069. § 1390. Separability If any provision of this chapter, or the applica- tion thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the provi- sions of chapter 3B of title 16, shall not be af- fected thereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any provision of this chapter should be held not to be within the power of the Congress to regulate interstate and foreign com- merce, such provision shall not be held invalid if it is within the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare or any other power of the Congress. If any provision of this chapter for marketing quotas with respect to any com- modity should be held invalid, no provision of this chapter for marketing quotas with respect to any other commodity shall be affected there- by. If the application of any provision for a ref- erendum should be held invalid, the application of other provisions shall not be affected thereby. If by reason of any provision for a referendum the application of any such other provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of such other provision to other per- sons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 390, 52 Stat. 69.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Chapter 3B [§ 590a et seq.] of title 16, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to the Soil Con- servation and Domestic Allotment Act. SUBPART II—APPROPRIATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES § 1391. Authorization of appropriations; loans from Commodity Credit Corporation (a) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, there is hereby authorized to be appro- priated, for each fiscal year for the administra- tion of this chapter and for the making of soil conservation and other payments such sums as Congress may determine, in addition to any amount made available pursuant to section 590o of title 16. (b) For the administration of this chapter (and the provisions of chapter 36 of this title) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, there is hereby authorized to be made available from the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for car- rying out the purposes of sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, a sum not to ex- ceed $5,000,000. (c) During each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized and directed to loan to the Secretary such sums, not to exceed