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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 474. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; appropriation
The Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with any department or
agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or
possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision
thereof, or any person; and shall have the power to appoint,
remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees,
not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for
the purchase of samples of cotton, for rent outside the District of
Columbia, printing, telegrams, telephones, books of reference,
periodicals, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and
other supplies and expenses as shall be necessary to the
administration of this chapter in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere and there are authorized to be appropriated, out of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for such purposes. The Secretary of Agriculture shall
maintain until at least January 1, 1999, all cotton classing office
locations in the State of Missouri that existed on January 1, 1996.
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