7 USC § 2665 - Withholding funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2665"
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title: "7 USC § 2665 - Withholding funds"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2665"
section_name: "Withholding funds"
chapter_number: 59
chapter_name: "RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 505, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(a)(3)(B), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4727.)"
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# § 2665. Withholding funds

If the Secretary determines that a State is not eligible to receive part or all of the funds to which it is otherwise entitled for programs under section 2662(a) and (b) of this title because of a failure to comply with regulations issued by the Secretary under this subchapter, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the expiration of the Congress next succeeding the session of the legislature of the State from which funds have been withheld in order that the State may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury. If any portion of the moneys that are received by the designated officers of any State for the support and maintenance of programs authorized under this subchapter shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 505, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(a)(3)(B), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4727.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2665, , , , related to agreements and plans, prior to repeal by , , .

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former , prior to its repeal by .

### Amendments

2018— substituted “If the Secretary” for “If the Secretary of Agriculture”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .