7 U.S.C. § 2241a: Exchange or sale authority

Summary

The Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, may sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of animals, animal products, plants, and plant products used for research. The Department can keep the money from those sales without needing extra approval or a yearly time limit. The funds can buy more such items or pay for their care, maintenance, or feeding. Qualified items are: animals (living research animals), animal products (materials from animals), plants (living research plants), and plant products (materials from plants). This does not apply to giving new seed varieties or germplasm away for free under section 2201.

Title 7, §2241a

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(a)Definition of qualified item of personal property

In this section, the term “qualified item of personal property” means—

(1)an animal;

(2)an animal product;

(3)a plant; or

(4)a plant product.

(b)General authority

Except as provided in subsection (c), notwithstanding chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, in managing personal property for the purpose of carrying out the research functions of the Department, may exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of any qualified item of personal property, including by way of public auction, and may retain and apply the sale or other proceeds, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, in whole or in partial payment—

(1)to acquire any qualified item of personal property; or

(2)to offset costs related to the maintenance, care, or feeding of any qualified item of personal property.

(c)Exception

Subsection (b) does not apply to the free dissemination of new varieties of seeds and germplasm in accordance with section 2201 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–79 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 110–246, § 7408, which enacted this section.

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.

§2241a Exchange or Sale Authority