Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2274a. Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations
Statutory text
On and after , the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to carry and use firearms for personal protection while conducting field work in remote locations in the performance of their official duties.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
Pub. L. 108–447 div. A title VII § 742 · 118 Stat. 2809
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2274a
(Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 742, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2844.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 742, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2844.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 742. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to carry and use firearms for personal protection while conducting field work in remote locations in the performance of their official duties.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Credits
(Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 742, , 118 Stat. 2844.)