---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2283"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2283"
heading: "Membership on advisory committees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2283"
units:
  - "Chapter 55A — Department of Agriculture Advisory Committees"
---

# §2283. Membership on advisory committees

- (a) **Simultaneous service—** No [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) other than an officer or employee of the [Department of Agriculture](/usc/7/2282.md?p=2) may serve simultaneously on more than one [advisory committee](/usc/7/2282.md?p=3), unless authorized by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2282.md?p=1).
- (b) **Service by more than one officer or employee of corporation or non-Federal entity—** Not more than one officer or employee of any corporation or other non-Federal entity, including all subsidiaries and affiliates thereof, may serve on the same [advisory committee](/usc/7/2282.md?p=3) at any one time, unless authorized by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2282.md?p=1).
- (c) **Maximum length—** No [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) other than an officer or employee of the [Department of Agriculture](/usc/7/2282.md?p=2) may serve for more than six consecutive years on an [advisory committee](/usc/7/2282.md?p=3), unless authorized by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2282.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–113, title XVIII, § 1803, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1041; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1116(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1270.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted provision relating to membership on advisory committees for provision relating to establishment of advisory committees.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.