---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2279–2"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2279–2"
heading: "Report of civil rights complaints, resolutions, and actions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2279-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2279–2. Report of civil rights complaints, resolutions, and actions


Each year, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) shall—

- (1) prepare a report that describes, for each agency of the Department of Agriculture—
  - (A) the number of civil rights complaints filed that relate to the agency, including whether a complaint is a program complaint or an [employment](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-10) complaint;
  - (B) the length of time the agency took to process each civil rights complaint;
  - (C) the number of proceedings brought against the agency, including the number of complaints described in [paragraph (1)](#1) that were resolved with a finding of discrimination; and
  - (D) the number and type of personnel actions taken by the agency following resolution of civil rights complaints;
- (2) submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a copy of the report; and
- (3) make the report available to the public by posting the report on the website of the Department.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14010, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1447; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14010, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2209.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.