---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2277"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2277"
heading: "Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2277"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2277. Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad


[Funds](/usc/7/4531.md?p=5) available to the [Animal](/usc/7/8901.md?p=7) and [Plant](/usc/7/8901.md?p=10) Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under this and subsequent appropriations shall be available for contracting with individuals for services to be performed outside of the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8), as determined by APHIS to be necessary or appropriate for carrying out programs and activities abroad. Such individuals shall not be regarded as officers or employees of the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) under any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–142, title VII, § 737, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 915.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

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

Pub. L. 101–506, title VI, § 641, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1350.