---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2206b"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2206b"
heading: "Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2206b"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2206b. Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas


In addition to any other authority, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture may make available to an organization excess or surplus computers or other technical equipment of the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of distribution to a city, town, or local government entity in a rural area (as defined in [section 1991(a)(13)(A) of this title](/usc/7/1991.md?p=a-13-A)).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14220, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1483; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14220, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2245.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.