7 USC § 2246 - Loan, rental, or sale of films

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2246"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2246 - Loan, rental, or sale of films"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2246"
section_name: "Loan, rental, or sale of films"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 179, 39 Stat. 1157; May 31, 1920, ch. 217, 41 Stat. 718.)"
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# § 2246. Loan, rental, or sale of films

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, under such rules and regulations and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe, to loan, rent, or sell copies of films. In the sale or rental of films educational institutions or associations for agricultural education not organized for profit shall have preference; all moneys received from such rentals or sales to be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 179, 39 Stat. 1157; May 31, 1920, ch. 217, 41 Stat. 718.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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