7 USC § 4208 - Limitations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s4208"
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title: "7 USC § 4208 - Limitations"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "4208"
section_name: "Limitations"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1547, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344; Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2502, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4066.)"
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# § 4208. Limitations

**(a)** This chapter does not authorize the Federal Government in any way to regulate the use of private or non-Federal land, or in any way affect the property rights of owners of such land.

**(b)** None of the provisions or other requirements of this chapter shall apply to the acquisition or use of farmland for national defense purposes during a national emergency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1547, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344; Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2502, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4066.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (b).  inserted before period at end “during a national emergency”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective six months after , see , set out as a note under .