7 USC § 2241a - Exchange or sale authority

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title: "7 USC § 2241a - Exchange or sale authority"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2241a"
section_name: "Exchange or sale authority"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–354, title III, § 307, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7408, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1252, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7408, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2013; amended Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7605, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 912.)"
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# § 2241a. Exchange or sale authority

**(a)** **Definition of qualified item of personal property** In this section, the term “qualified item of personal property” means—

**(1)** an animal;

**(2)** an animal product;

**(3)** a plant; or

**(4)** a plant product.

**(b)** **General authority** Except as provided in subsection (c), notwithstanding chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, in managing personal property for the purpose of carrying out the research functions of the Department, may exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of any qualified item of personal property, including by way of public auction, and may retain and apply the sale or other proceeds, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, in whole or in partial payment—

**(1)** to acquire any qualified item of personal property; or

**(2)** to offset costs related to the maintenance, care, or feeding of any qualified item of personal property.

**(c)** **Exception** section 2201 of this title

Subsection (b) does not apply to the free dissemination of new varieties of seeds and germplasm in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–354, title III, § 307, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7408, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1252, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7408, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2013; amended Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7605, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 912.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

### Amendments

2014— made technical amendment to directory language of , which enacted this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under .