21 U.S.C. § 111
Section 111 · 111, 112. Repealed. Pub. L. 107171, title X, 10418(a)(7), (8), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 507, 508
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case United States v. Mitchell (1994)
Most recently applied in Wyoming v. United States (February 2002)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall have authority to make such regulations and take such measures as he may deem proper to prevent the introduction or dissemination of the contagion of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease of animals and/or live poultry from a foreign country into the United States or from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to another, and to seize, quarantine, and dispose of any hay, straw, forage, or similar material, or any meats, hides, or other animal products coming from an infected foreign country to the United States, or from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia in transit to another State or Territory or the District of Columbia whenever in his judgment such action is advisable in order to guard against the introduction or spread of such contagion.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1956—Act Jan. 28, 1956, struck out proviso “that no such regulations or measures shall pertain to the introduction of live poultry into the Virgin Islands of the United States”.
1954—Act July 22, 1954, inserted proviso containing an exception with respect to admission of live poultry into the Virgin Islands.
1928—Act Feb. 7, 1928, inserted “and/or live poultry”.
Effective Date of 1954 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by act July 22, 1954, see section 34 of act July 22, 1954, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1541 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.