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title: "7 U.S.C. § 8502"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 8502 - Sense of Congress regarding need for improved and better coordinated Federal policy for brown tree snake introduction, control, and eradication

## Text

It is the sense of Congress that there exists a need for improved and better coordinated control, interdiction, research, and eradication of the brown tree snake on the part of the United States and other interested parties.

(Pub. L. 108–384, § 3, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2222.)