---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2209e"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2209e"
heading: "Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2209e"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2209e. Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants


On and after October 21, 1993, none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to make production or other payments to a [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1), [persons](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1), or corporations upon a final finding by court of competent jurisdiction that such party is guilty of growing, cultivating, harvesting, processing or storing marijuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any part of lands owned or controlled by such [persons](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) or corporations.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–111, title VII, § 704, Oct. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 1078.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

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

Pub. L. 102–341, title VII, § 704, Aug. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 907.

Pub. L. 102–142, title VII, § 705, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 911.

Pub. L. 101–506, title VI, § 605, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1346.

Pub. L. 101–161, title VI, § 605, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 982.

Pub. L. 100–460, title VI, § 605, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2259.

Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(k) [title VI, § 605], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–322, 1329–353.