7 USC § 2209 - Additional statement of expenditures

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title: "7 USC § 2209 - Additional statement of expenditures"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2209"
section_name: "Additional statement of expenditures"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 338, § 2, 23 Stat. 356; Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 492; June 10, 1921, ch. 18 § 301, 42 Stat. 23; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(88), 45 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 2209. Additional statement of expenditures

The Secretary of Agriculture shall furnish proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the Department of Agriculture to the Government Accountability Office.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 338, § 2, 23 Stat. 356; Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 492; June 10, 1921, ch. 18 § 301, 42 Stat. 23; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(88), 45 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

### Amendments

1928—Act , struck out requirement that Secretary of Agriculture present to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditure of all appropriations for the Department for the preceding fiscal year.

1916—Act , amended section generally.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

“Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to , set out as a note under , Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “accounting officers of the Treasury” pursuant to act , which transferred powers and duties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.

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 .