7 USC § 1389 - Personnel

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title: "7 USC § 1389 - Personnel"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1389"
section_name: "Personnel"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Miscellaneous Provisions and Appropriations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 389, 52 Stat. 69.)"
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# § 1389. Personnel

The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the execution by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of such of the powers conferred upon him by this chapter as he deems may be appropriately exercised by such Administration; and for such purposes the provisions of law applicable to appointment and compensation of persons employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration shall apply.

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**Source Credit**: (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 exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out as a note under .

Functions of Agricultural Adjustment Administration transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. , 11 F.R. 7877, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See note set out under .

Agricultural Adjustment Administration consolidated with other agencies into Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration for duration of war, see Ex. Ord. No. 9069.