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7 U.S.C. § 7715 — Notification and holding requirements upon arrival
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**(a) Duty of Secretary of the Treasury**
(1) **Notification** — The Secretary of the Treasury shall promptly notify the Secretary of Agriculture of the arrival of any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed at a port of entry.
(2) **Holding** — The Secretary of the Treasury shall hold a plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed for which notification is made under paragraph (1) at the port of entry until the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed—
(A) is inspected and authorized for entry into or transit movement through the United States; or
(B) is otherwise released by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) **Exceptions** — Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed that is imported from a country or region of a country designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to regulations, as exempt from the requirements of such paragraphs.
**(b) Duty of responsible parties**
(1) **Notification** — The person responsible for any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance required to have a permit under section 7711 or 7712 of this title shall provide the notification described in paragraph (3) as soon as possible after the arrival of the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance at a port of entry and before the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance is moved from the port of entry.
(2) **Submission** — The notification shall be provided to the Secretary, or, at the Se
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**(a) Duty of Secretary of the Treasury**
(1) **Notification** — The Secretary of the Treasury shall promptly notify the Secretary of Agriculture of the arrival of any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed at a port of entry.
(2) **Holding** — The Secretary of the Treasury shall hold a plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed for which notification is made under paragraph (1) at the port of entry until the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed—
(A) is inspected and authorized for entry into or transit movement through the United States; or
(B) is otherwise released by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) **Exceptions** — Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, or noxious weed that is imported from a country or region of a country designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to regulations, as exempt from the requirements of such paragraphs.
**(b) Duty of responsible parties**
(1) **Notification** — The person responsible for any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance required to have a permit under section 7711 or 7712 of this title shall provide the notification described in paragraph (3) as soon as possible after the arrival of the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance at a port of entry and before the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance is moved from the port of entry.
(2) **Submission** — The notification shall be provided to the Secretary, or, at the Secretary’s direction, to the proper official of the State to which the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance is destined, or both, as the Secretary may prescribe.
(3) **Elements of notification** — The notification shall consist of the following:
(A) The name and address of the consignee.
(B) The nature and quantity of the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance proposed to be moved.
(C) The country and locality where the plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance was grown, produced, or located.
**(c) Prohibition on movement of items without authorization** No person shall move from a port of entry or interstate any imported plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance unless the imported plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance—
(1) is inspected and authorized for entry into or transit movement through the United States; or
(2) is otherwise released by the Secretary.
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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**(a) Role of Attorney General** The activities authorized by this section shall be carried out consistent with guidelines approved by the Attorney General.
**(b) Warrantless inspections** The Secretary may stop and inspect, without a warrant, any person or means of conveyance moving—
(1) into the United States to determine whether the person or means of conveyance is carrying any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, or article subject to this chapter;
(2) in interstate commerce, upon probable cause to believe that the person or means of conveyance is carrying any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, or article subject to this chapter; and
(3) in intrastate commerce from or within any State, portion of a State, or premises quarantined as part of a extraordinary emergency declared under [section 7715 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7715&num=0&edition=prelim) upon probable cause to believe that the person or means of conveyance is carrying any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, or article regulated under that section or is moving subject to that section.
**(c) Inspections with a warrant**
(1) **General authority** — The Secretary may enter, with a warrant, any premises in the United States for the purpose of conducting investigations or making inspections and seizures under this chapter.
(2) **Application and issuance of a warrant** — Upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause to believe that there is on certain premises any plant, plant product, biological control organism, plant pest, noxious weed, article, facility, or means of conveyance regulated under this chapter, a Uni
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7715
(1) is moving into or through the United
States or interstate, or has moved into or
through the United States or interstate, and—
(A) the Secretary has reason to believe is
a plant pest or noxious weed or is infested
with a plant pest or noxious weed at the
time of the movement; or
(B) is or has been otherwise in violation of
this chapter;
(2) has not been maintained in compliance
with a post-entry quarantine requirement; or
(3) is the progeny of any plant, biological
control organism, plant product, plant pest, or
noxious weed that is moving into or through
the United States or interstate, or has moved
into the United States or interstate, in viola-
tion of this chapter.
(b) Authority to order an owner to treat or de-
stroy
(1) In general
The Secretary may order the owner of any
plant, biological control organism, plant prod-
uct, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or
means of conveyance subject to action under
subsection (a) to treat, apply other remedial
measures to, destroy, or otherwise dispose of
the plant, biological control organism, plant
product, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or
means of conveyance, without cost to the Fed-
eral Government and in the manner the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
(2) Failure to comply
If the owner fails to comply with the Sec-
retary’s order under this subsection, the Sec-
retary may take an action authorized by sub-
section (a) and recover from the owner the
costs of any care, handling, application of re-
medial measures, or disposal incurred by the
Secretary in connection with actions taken
under subsection (a).
(c) Classification system
(1) Development required
To facilitate control of noxious weeds, the
Secretary may develop a classification system
t
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