7 USC § 2256 - Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement

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title: "7 USC § 2256 - Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2256"
section_name: "Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title VII, § 702(a), 58 Stat. 741.)"
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# § 2256. Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement

The head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that Department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary, transfer to the Department for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title VII, § 702(a), 58 Stat. 741.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

This section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.

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