7 USC § 394a - Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products

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section_name: "Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 392, 63 Stat. 495.)"
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# § 394a. Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products

section 157 of title 21

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry employed in establishments subject to the provisions of , for all overtime, night, or holiday work performed at such establishments, at such rates as he may determine, and to accept from such establishments wherein such overtime work is performed reimbursement for any sums paid out by him for such overtime work.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 392, 63 Stat. 495.)

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 301, eff. , 12 F.R. 4534, . See note set out under .