7 USC § 2220 - Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees

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title: "7 USC § 2220 - Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2220"
section_name: "Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 270; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 5, 68 Stat. 1227.)"
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# § 2220. Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees

section 2279i of this titlesection 209 of title 18

The officials and the employees of the Department of Agriculture engaged in the activities described in  and paid in whole or in part out of funds contributed as provided therein, and the persons, corporations, or associations making contributions as therein provided, shall not be subject to the provisions of ; nor shall any official or employee engaged in the cooperative activities of the Forest Service, or the persons, corporations, or associations contributing to such activities be subject to such section.

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**Source Credit**: (July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 270; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 5, 68 Stat. 1227.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“” substituted in text for “” on authority of , , , which repealed section 1914 and supplanted it with section 209, and which provided that exemptions from section 1914 shall be deemed exemptions from section 209. For further details, see Exemptions note set out under , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Section was formerly classified to sections 67 and 564 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , . Thereafter, section was classified to  prior to its transfer to this section.

### Amendments

1954—Act , substituted “” for reference to proviso in Act of  ().