---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2274a"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2274a"
heading: "Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2274a"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2274a. Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations


On and after December 8, 2004, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit employees of the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) Department of Agriculture to carry and use firearms for personal protection while conducting field work in remote locations in the performance of their official duties.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 742, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2844.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub.L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 745, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 37.

Pub.L. 108–7, div. A, title VII, § 753, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 45.