---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 8305"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "8305"
heading: "Interstate movement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/8305"
units:
  - "Chapter 109 — Animal Health Protection"
---

# §8305. Interstate movement


The [Secretary](/usc/7/8302.md?p=14) may prohibit or restrict—

- (1) the movement in [interstate commerce](/usc/7/8302.md?p=9) of any [animal](/usc/7/8302.md?p=1), [article](/usc/7/8302.md?p=2), or [means of conveyance](/usc/7/8302.md?p=11) if the [Secretary](/usc/7/8302.md?p=14) determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction or dissemination of any [pest](/usc/7/8302.md?p=13) or [disease](/usc/7/8302.md?p=3) of [livestock](/usc/7/8302.md?p=10); and
- (2) the use of any [means of conveyance](/usc/7/8302.md?p=11) or [facility](/usc/7/8302.md?p=6) in connection with the movement in [interstate commerce](/usc/7/8302.md?p=9) of any [animal](/usc/7/8302.md?p=1) or [article](/usc/7/8302.md?p=2) if the [Secretary](/usc/7/8302.md?p=14) determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction or dissemination of any [pest](/usc/7/8302.md?p=13) or [disease](/usc/7/8302.md?p=3) of [livestock](/usc/7/8302.md?p=10).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10406, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 498.)