---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2215"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2215"
heading: "Chief clerk"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2215"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2215. Chief clerk


The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall appoint a chief clerk.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 523; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659; Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43 Stat. 822.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 523 derived from act May 15, 1862, ch. 72, § 4, 12 Stat. 388.

Section was formerly classified to section 519 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.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Secretary of Agriculture” substituted in text for “Commissioner of Agriculture” pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of act Feb. 9, 1889, which are classified to section 2202 of this title. See, also, section 2205 of this title.