7 USC § 2228 - Emergency subsistence for employees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2228"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2228 - Emergency subsistence for employees"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2228"
section_name: "Emergency subsistence for 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: "(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 5, 70 Stat. 1033.)"
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# § 2228. Emergency subsistence for employees

The Department of Agriculture is authorized to furnish subsistence to employees without consideration as, or deduction from, the compensation of such employees where warranted by emergency condition connected with the work under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 5, 70 Stat. 1033.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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