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7 U.S.C. § 8303 — Restriction on importation or entry
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**(a) In general** With notice to the Secretary of the Treasury and public notice as soon as practicable, the Secretary may prohibit or restrict—
(1) the importation or entry of any animal, article, or means of conveyance, or use of any means of conveyance or facility, if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of livestock;
(2) the further movement of any animal that has strayed into the United States if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of livestock; and
(3) the use of any means of conveyance in connection with the importation or entry of livestock if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary because the means of conveyance has not been maintained in a clean and sanitary condition or does not have accommodations for the safe and proper movement of livestock.
**(b) Regulations**
(1) **Restrictions on import and entry** — The Secretary may issue such orders and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out subsection (a).
(2) **Post importation quarantine** — The Secretary may promulgate regulations requiring that any animal imported or entered be raised or handled under post-importation quarantine conditions by or under the supervision of the Secretary for the purpose of determining whether the animal is or may be affected by any pest or disease of livestock.
**(c) Destruction or removal**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may order the destruction or removal from the United States of—
(A) any animal, article, or means of conveyance that has been im
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**(a) In general** With notice to the Secretary of the Treasury and public notice as soon as practicable, the Secretary may prohibit or restrict—
(1) the importation or entry of any animal, article, or means of conveyance, or use of any means of conveyance or facility, if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of livestock;
(2) the further movement of any animal that has strayed into the United States if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of livestock; and
(3) the use of any means of conveyance in connection with the importation or entry of livestock if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary because the means of conveyance has not been maintained in a clean and sanitary condition or does not have accommodations for the safe and proper movement of livestock.
**(b) Regulations**
(1) **Restrictions on import and entry** — The Secretary may issue such orders and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out subsection (a).
(2) **Post importation quarantine** — The Secretary may promulgate regulations requiring that any animal imported or entered be raised or handled under post-importation quarantine conditions by or under the supervision of the Secretary for the purpose of determining whether the animal is or may be affected by any pest or disease of livestock.
**(c) Destruction or removal**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may order the destruction or removal from the United States of—
(A) any animal, article, or means of conveyance that has been imported but has not entered the United States if the Secretary determines that destruction or removal from the United States is necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of livestock;
(B) any animal or progeny of any animal, article, or means of conveyance that has been imported or entered in violation of this chapter; or
(C) any animal that has strayed into the United States if the Secretary determines that destruction or removal from the United States is necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of livestock.
(2) **Requirements of owners**
(A) *Orders to disinfect* — The Secretary may require the disinfection of—
(i) a means of conveyance used in connection with the importation of an animal;
(ii) an individual involved in the importation of an animal and personal articles of the individual; and
(iii) any article used in the importation of an animal.
(B) *Failure to comply with orders* — If an owner fails to comply with an order of the Secretary under this section, the Secretary may—
(i) take remedial action, destroy, or remove from the United States the animal or progeny of any animal, article, or means of conveyance as authorized under paragraph (1); and
(ii) recover from the owner the costs of any care, handling, disposal, or other action incurred by the Secretary in connection with the remedial action, destruction, or removal.
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Congress finds that—
(1) the prevention, detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests of animals are essential to protect—
(A) animal health;
(B) the health and welfare of the people of the United States;
(C) the economic interests of the livestock and related industries of the United States;
(D) the environment of the United States; and
(E) interstate commerce and foreign commerce of the United States in animals and other articles;
(2) animal diseases and pests are primarily transmitted by animals and articles regulated under this chapter;
(3) the health of animals is affected by the methods by which animals and articles are transported in interstate commerce and foreign commerce;
(4) the Secretary must continue to conduct research on animal diseases and pests that constitute a threat to the livestock of the United States; and
(5)
(A) all animals and articles regulated under this chapter are in or affect interstate commerce or foreign commerce; and
(B) regulation by the Secretary and cooperation by the Secretary with foreign countries, States or other jurisdictions, or persons are necessary—
(i) to prevent and eliminate burdens on interstate commerce and foreign commerce;
(ii) to regulate effectively interstate commerce and foreign commerce; and
(iii) to protect the agriculture, environment, economy, and health and welfare of the people of the United States.
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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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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 8303
animal vaccine or diagnostic), pharmaceutical
product (including a therapeutic), non-phar-
maceutical product (including a disinfectant),
or other product or equipment to prevent, de-
tect, respond to, or mitigate harm to public or
animal health resulting from, animal pests or
diseases.
(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10403, May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 494; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12101(a),
Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4937; Pub. L. 117–328, div.
HH, title V, § 603, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5996.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in introductory provisions
and par. (16), was in the original ‘‘this subtitle’’, mean-
ing subtitle E (§§ 10401–10418) of title X of Pub. L.
107–171, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 494, which is classified
principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of subtitle E to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 8301 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–328 is based on section 4 of
H.R. 5608, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, as en-
grossed in the House of Representatives on Dec. 8, 2021,
which was enacted into law by section 603 of Pub. L.
117–328.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Par. (8). Pub. L. 117–328 made technical amend-
ment to reference in original act which appears in text
as reference to section 5304 of title 25.
2018—Par. (18). Pub. L. 115–334 added par. (18).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of the Secretary of Agri-
culture relating to agricultural import and entry in-
spection activities under this chapter to the Secretary
of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related ref-
erences, see sections 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title
6, Domestic Security, and the
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