Codification
R.S. §§ 528 and 529 derived from the following acts: [May 15, 1862, ch. 72, § 3], [12 Stat. 387]; Mar. 2, 1867, § 1, [14 Stat. 440], 445.
Section was formerly classified to section 557 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].
Amendments
1954—Act Aug. 30, 1954, struck out provision in first sentence which required that the annual report should contain an account of all moneys received and expended by the Secretary.
1928—Act May 29, 1928, struck out requirement that there be included a statement of expenditures from contingent appropriations.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Unavailability of Department Funds To Produce Part 2 of Annual Report
[Pub. L. 103–111, title I], Oct. 21, 1993, [107 Stat. 1048], provided in part: “That hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to produce part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture).”
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, [67 Stat. 633], set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.