---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2204–4"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2204–4"
heading: "Delegation of functions under other laws as unaffected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2204-4"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2204–4. Delegation of functions under other laws as unaffected


The provisions of [section 2204–2 of this title](/usc/7/2204–2.md) shall not be deemed to prohibit the delegation, under authority of any other provision of law, of the whole or any part of any [regulatory function](/usc/7/2204–1.md?p=b) or other function to any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture.


## Source credit

(Apr. 4, 1940, ch. 75, § 4, 54 Stat. 82.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 450f of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section, and to section 516d 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.