7 USC § 2229 - Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2229"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2229 - Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2229"
section_name: "Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal 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, § 12, 70 Stat. 1034.)"
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# § 2229. Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees

Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used for the payment of transportation expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, for travel between places of recruitment and duty, and while at places of duty, of persons appointed for temporary or seasonal services in inspection, classing or grading agricultural commodities.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 12, 70 Stat. 1034.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

“Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Travel Expense Act of 1949” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.