Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§7752 Buildings, Land, People, Claims, and Agreements
Title 7 › Chapter 104— PLANT PROTECTION › Subchapter III— MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 7752
Summary
The Secretary can buy and keep land and things, hire people, give grants, and make contracts or other agreements needed to carry out this chapter. If someone is harmed by authorized activities that happen outside the United States, the Secretary may pay a legal claim for that harm in the way federal law allows, but the person must present the claim in writing to the Secretary within 2 years after the claim arises.
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Title 7, §7752
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(a)To the extent necessary to carry out this chapter, the Secretary may acquire and maintain all real or personal property for special purposes and employ any persons, make grants, and enter into any contracts, cooperative agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements.
(b)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may pay tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, when the claims arise outside the United States in connection with activities that are authorized under this chapter.
(2)A claim may not be allowed under this subsection unless the claim is presented in writing to the Secretary within 2 years after the date on which the claim accrues.
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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 106–224, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 438, known as the Plant Protection Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see
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note set out under section 7701 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under this chapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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7 U.S.C. § 7752
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60