The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to perform all the duties named in all Acts of Congress in force on February 8, 1889 , to be performed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. (Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 840 ; July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288 .) Editorial Notes Codification Section was formerly classified to section 515 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 . Executive Documents Transfer of Functions Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953 , 18 F.R. 3219 , 67 Stat. 633 , set out as a note under section 2201 of this title .