Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§8504 Establishment of quarantine protocols to control the introduction and spread of the brown tree snake

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 111— - BROWN TREE SNAKE CONTROL AND ERADICATION › § 8504

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within two years after October 30, 2004, the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior must create and operate a federally funded pre-departure quarantine system and make rules for it to stop the brown tree snake from leaving Guam or other U.S. places where it could become established. Federal officers may enforce state and territorial laws on transporting or possessing the snake. The Secretaries must work with other agencies and sign an agreement with the Government of Guam before starting there. The system cannot start until money is specifically appropriated. The law authorizes up to $3,000,000 to Agriculture and $1,000,000 to Interior for each fiscal year 2006–2010.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §8504

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(a)Not later than two years after October 30, 2004, but subject to the memorandum of agreement required by subsection (b) with respect to Guam, the Secretaries shall establish and cause to be operated at Federal expense a system of pre-departure quarantine protocols for cargo and other items being shipped from Guam and any other United States location where the brown tree snake may become established to prevent the introduction or spread of the brown tree snake. The Secretaries shall establish the quarantine protocols system by regulation. Under the quarantine protocols system, Federal quarantine, natural resource, conservation, and law enforcement officers and inspectors may enforce State and territorial laws regarding the transportation, possession, or introduction of any brown tree snake.

(b)The activities of the Secretaries under subsection (a) shall be carried out in cooperation with other Federal agencies and the appropriate State and territorial quarantine, natural resource, conservation, and law enforcement officers. In the case of Guam, as a precondition on the establishment of the system of pre-departure quarantine protocols under such subsection, the Secretaries shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Government of Guam to obtain the assistance and cooperation of the Government of Guam in establishing the system of pre-departure quarantine protocols.

(c)The system of pre-departure quarantine protocols to be established under subsection (a) shall not be implemented until funds are specifically appropriated for that purpose.

(d)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section the following amounts:

(1)To the Secretary of Agriculture, not more than $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

(2)To the Secretary of the Interior, not more than $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 8504

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73