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7 USC § 2206a - Conveyance of excess Federal personal property

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2206a"
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title: "7 USC § 2206a - Conveyance of excess Federal personal property"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2206a"
section_name: "Conveyance of excess Federal personal property"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 923, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14223, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1484; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14223, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2246.)"
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# § 2206a. Conveyance of excess Federal personal property

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may—

**(1)** convey title to excess Federal personal property owned by the Department of Agriculture, with or without monetary compensation and for such purposes as are determined by the Secretary, to—

**(A)** any of the 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note));

**(B)** any Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 1101a(a)(5) of title 20); and

**(C)** any college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University; and

**(2)** acquire from, exchange with, or dispose of personal property to other Federal departments and agencies without monetary compensation in furtherance of the purposes of this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 923, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14223, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1484; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14223, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2246.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of  ( et seq.), referred to in par. (1)(C), is , , popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 321 et seq.) of chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

and  made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by  were repealed by .

### Amendments

2008—Par. (1)(B). , substituted “” for “”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .