# 7 U.S.C. § 1762: Personnel

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## Section

- **Citation:** 7 U.S.C. § 1762
- **Heading:** Personnel
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—AGRICULTURE > CHAPTER 43—FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS › AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS AND AGRICULTURAL ATTACHÉS

## Text

To effectuate the carrying out of the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to appoint such personnel as he determines to be necessary and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to assign such personnel to service abroad.

( Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041 , title VI, § 602(a)–(d), formerly § 602(a)–(c), (e), 68 Stat. 908 , 909; amended June 28, 1955, ch. 189, § 12(c)(13) , 69 Stat. 182 ; Pub. L. 89–106, § 4 , Aug. 4, 1965 , 79 Stat. 431 ; Pub. L. 94–449 , Oct. 1, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1500 ; renumbered § 602(a)–(d) and amended Pub. L. 95–501, title III, § 301(4) , (5), title IV, § 401(3), (5), Oct. 21, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1688 , 1691.)

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