Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§7771 Authorization of Appropriations
Title 7 › Chapter 104— PLANT PROTECTION › Subchapter IV— AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS › § 7771
Summary
Money may be provided to run the chapter, but those funds cannot pay for property losses caused by the Secretary unless another law specifically allows it.
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Title 7, §7771
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There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out this chapter. Except as specifically authorized by law, no part of the money appropriated under this section shall be used to pay indemnities for property injured or destroyed by or at the direction of the Secretary.
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This chapter, referred to in text, 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. § 7771
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60