---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1629"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1629"
heading: "Establishment of committees to assist in research and service programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1629"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §1629. Establishment of committees to assist in research and service programs


In the furtherance of the research and service work authorized by this Act, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture may, in addition to the national advisory committee, establish appropriate committees, including representatives of producers, industry, government and science, to assist in effectuating specific research and service programs.


## Source credit

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title III, § 302, 60 Stat. 1091.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, 60 Stat. 1082, which enacted this chapter and sections 427h, 427j, and 3105 of this title and amended section 3104 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The national advisory committee, referred to in text, was established by section 1628 of this title, which was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 93–86, § 2, Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 246.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 which comprises this chapter.