15 USC § 714h - Officers and employees; appointment; duties

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title: "15 USC § 714h - Officers and employees; appointment; duties"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "714h"
section_name: "Officers and employees; appointment; duties"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "ECONOMIC RECOVERY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 29, 1948, ch. 704, § 10, 62 Stat. 1073; June 7, 1949, ch. 175, § 4, 63 Stat. 156; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 224(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 206.)"
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# § 714h. Officers and employees; appointment; duties

The Secretary shall appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary for the conduct of the business of the Corporation, define their authority and duties, delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Corporation as he may determine. With the exception of experts, appointments shall be made pursuant to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

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**Source Credit**: (June 29, 1948, ch. 704, § 10, 62 Stat. 1073; June 7, 1949, ch. 175, § 4, 63 Stat. 156; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 224(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 206.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Classification Act of 1949” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Amendments

1972— struck out provisions which permitted the Secretary to designate officers and employees to be bonded, and which authorized the Corporation to pay the premium on the bonds.

1949—Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.

Act , amended section generally to permit the Secretary to appoint the officers and employees of the Corporation and to define their authority and duties.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeals

, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by , , § 8, , 655.

### Sales Manager

, , , repealed such part of section 101 of , Ch. I, , which authorized the position of sales manager in the Commodity Credit Corporation to be placed in grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949. See , Government Organization and Employees.

Positions existing prior to , compensation thereof and appointments thereto unaffected by changes made by  and positions in grades 16, 17 and 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949 prior to , to remain in respective grades, until appropriate action is taken under title I of  and , see .

## Executive Documents

### Exceptions From Transfer of Functions

For exception of functions of corporations of Department of Agriculture from transfer of functions to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, see Exceptions From Transfer of Functions note set out under .