§7713 Notification and holding requirements upon arrival

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must quickly tell the Secretary of Agriculture when any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed arrives at a port of entry. Those items must be kept at the port until they are inspected and allowed into or moved through the United States, or until the Secretary of Agriculture lets them go. This does not apply if the Agriculture Secretary has officially exempted the country or region the item came from under regulations. If a permit is required under sections 7711 or 7712, the person in charge must notify the Secretary (or a State official if the Secretary directs) as soon as possible after arrival and before moving the item from the port. The notice must give the consignee’s name and address, what and how much is being moved, and the country and local place where it was grown, produced, or located. No one may move these imports from a port or between states unless they have been inspected and approved for entry or transit, or the Agriculture Secretary releases them.