7 USC § 2285 - Budget prohibitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2285"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2285 - Budget prohibitions"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2285"
section_name: "Budget prohibitions"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–113, title XVIII, § 1805, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1042; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1116(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1271.)"
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# § 2285. Budget prohibitions

No advisory committee may expend funds in excess of its estimated annual operating costs by more than 10 per centum or $500, whichever is greater, until it provides the Secretary with an explanation of the need for the additional expenditure and the Secretary approves such additional expenditure.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XVIII, § 1805, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1042; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1116(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1271.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1981— substituted provision relating to budget prohibitions for provision relating to membership on advisory committees. See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under .