Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 109 — Animal Health Protection
§ 8321. Pest and Disease Response Fund
Statutory text
Establishment
There is established on the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the “Pest and Disease Response Fund”. There shall be deposited into the Fund any proceeds received by the Secretary of Agriculture as reimbursement for services provided by the Secretary using amounts in the Fund.
Availability
Amounts in the Fund shall remain available until expended.
Use of Fund
In implementing the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) and the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall have complete discretion regarding the use of amounts in the Fund to support emergency eradication and research activities in response to economic and health threats posed by pests and diseases affecting agricultural commodities.
Authorization of appropriations
For each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $1,000,000 for deposit in the Fund.
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.
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–465 title IV § 401 · 118 Stat. 3882
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 8321
(Pub. L. 108–465, title IV, § 401, Dec. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 3886.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–465, title IV, § 401, Dec. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 3886.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 401. PEST AND DISEASE RESPONSE FUND. (a) Establishment.— There is established on the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the “Pest and Disease Response Fund”. There shall be deposited into the Fund any proceeds received by the Secretary of Agriculture as reimbursement for services provided by the Secretary using amounts in the Fund. (b) Availability.— Amounts in the Fund shall remain available until expended. (c) Use of Fund.— In implementing the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) and the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall have complete discretion regarding the use of amounts in the Fund to support emergency eradication and research activities in response to economic and health threats posed by pests and diseases affecting agricultural commodities. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.— For each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $1,000,000 for deposit in the Fund.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Animal Health Protection Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is subtitle E (§§ 10401–10418) of title X of Pub. L. 107–171, , 116 Stat. 494, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8301 of this title and Tables.
The Plant Protection Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is title IV of Pub. L. 106–224, , 114 Stat. 438, which is classified principally to chapter 104 (§ 7701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7701 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004, and not as part of the Animal Health Protection Act which comprises this chapter.