---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2240"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2240"
heading: "Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2240"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2240. Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops


The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture may, by transfer settlements through the Government Accountability Office, reimburse any appropriation made for the salaries and compensation of employees in the mechanical shops of the department from the appropriation made for the bureau, office, or division for which any work in said shops is performed, and such reimbursement shall be at the actual cost of labor for such work.


## Source credit

(May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 543 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

2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.