7 USC § 2238 - Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2238"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2238 - Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2238"
section_name: "Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition"
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: "(June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1422; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1841.)"
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# § 2238. Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition

section 7655 of title 10

Funds available for field work in the Department of Agriculture may be used for the purchase of arms and ammunition whenever the individual purchase does not exceed $50, and for individual purchases exceeding $50, when such arms and ammunition cannot advantageously be supplied by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to .

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**Source Credit**: (June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1422; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1841.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.

### Amendments

2018— substituted “” for “the Act of  ()”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding , Armed Forces.