This section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
Section was formerly classified to section
543b of Title
5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by
Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 378.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:
June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I,
53 Stat. 940.
June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I,
52 Stat. 711.