US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 8354

Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease aircraft

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1 See Reference in Text note below.
On and after , notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations available to the Secretary for activities authorized under sections 8351 to 8353  of this title, under this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agreements, with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or private agency, organization, or any other person, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that the objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives; award of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Secretary may be made for an initial term not to exceed 5 years.

Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 749119 Stat. 2156(, , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 37046 Stat. 1468Pub. L. 100–202101 Stat. 1329–322Section 2 of the act of Mar. 2, 1931section 426a of this titlePub. L. 100–202101 Stat. 1329–322section 426c of this titlesection 8353 of this titleSections 8351 to 8353 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to “sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code” and was translated as meaning , , and , §101(k) [title I], , , 1329–331, which were formerly classified to sections 426 to 426c of this title. Sections 1 and 3 of the act of , which were formerly classified to sections 426 and 426b of this title, were editorially reclassified as sections 8351 and 8352, respectively, of this title. , which was formerly classified to , was omitted from the Code as obsolete. , §101(k) [title I], , , 1329–331, which was formerly classified to , was editorially reclassified as .

Codification

section 426d of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 758118 Stat. 2846, , .

Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 776118 Stat. 41, , .