---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 7782"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "7782"
heading: "Establishment of program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/7782"
units:
  - "Chapter 104 — Plant Protection"
  - "Subchapter V — Noxious Weed Control and Eradication"
---

# §7782. Establishment of program

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/7702.md?p=16) shall establish a program to provide financial and technical assistance to control or eradicate [noxious weeds](/usc/7/7702.md?p=10).
- (b) **Grants—** Subject to the availability of appropriations under [section 7786(a) of this title](/usc/7/7786.md?p=a), the [Secretary](/usc/7/7702.md?p=16) shall make grants under [section 7783 of this title](/usc/7/7783.md) to [weed management entities](/usc/7/7781.md?p=2) for the control or eradication of [noxious weeds](/usc/7/7702.md?p=10).
- (c) **Agreements—** Subject to the availability of appropriations under [section 7786(b) of this title](/usc/7/7786.md?p=b), the [Secretary](/usc/7/7702.md?p=16) shall [enter](/usc/7/7702.md?p=3) into agreements under [section 7784 of this title](/usc/7/7784.md) with [weed management entities](/usc/7/7781.md?p=2) to provide financial and technical assistance for the control or eradication of [noxious weeds](/usc/7/7702.md?p=10).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 453, as added Pub. L. 108–412, § 1, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2321.)