TENNESSEE EXPERIMENT STATION

Act of May 29, 1928, ch. 892, 45 Stat. 981, 7 U.S.C. 422, 422a

Chap. 892.-AN ACT Authorizing and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain a dairy and livestock experiment and demonstration station for the South at or near Lewisburg, Tennessee

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to establish at or near Lewisburg, Tennessee, a dairying station for investigations experiments, and demonstrations in the dairy industry, and the problems pertaining to the development of such industry in the South and for investigations, demonstrations, assistance, and service in dairy livestock breeding, growing, and feeding, and dairy products manufacture.

SEC. 2.1 That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000, to carry out the provisions of this Act, including the construction of buildings, the acquirement of equipment and apparatus, the purchase of livestock, and the employment of necessary persons; and each fiscal year thereafter necessary appropriations for the maintenance of said station as contemplated by this Act: Provided, That suitable lands are furnished by the State or other interests.

17 U.S.C. 422a. Omitted from the current version of the Code.

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NORTH DAKOTA EXPERIMENT STATION

Act of July 3, 1926, ch. 769, 44 Stat. 84, 7 U.S.C. 421, 421a Chap. 769.-AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a dairying and livestock experiment station at Mandan, North Dakota

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to establish at Mandan, North Dakota, a dairying and livestock experiment station in connection with the Great Plans Experiment Station, for investigations and experiments in the dairy and livestock industries and the problems pertaining to the establishment and development of such industries, and for demonstrations, assistance, and service in livestock breeding, growing, and feeding.

SEC. 2.1 That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act, including the acquisition of suitable lands, the construction of buildings, the purchase of livestock and breeders, and the employment of necessary persons.

17 U.S.C. 421a. Omitted from the current version of the Code.

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DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND POULTRY: RESEARCH LABORATORIES FOR FOOT-AND-Mouth DiseasE

Act of May 29, 1884, ch. 60, 23 Stat. 31, 7 U.S.C. 391

Chap. 60.-AN ACT For the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall organize in his Department a Bureau of Animal Industry, and shall appoint a Chief thereof, who shall be a competent veterinary surgeon, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the condition of the domestic animals and live poultry 2 of the United States, their protection and use, and also inquire into and report the causes of contageous, infectious, and communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention and cure of the same, and to collect such information on these subjects as shall be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of the country.3

SEC. 12.4 The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish research laboratories, including the acquisition of necessary land, buildings, or facilities, and also the making of research contracts under the authority contained in section 10 (a) of the BankheadJones Act of 1935, as amended by the Research and Marketing Act of 1946, for research and study, in the United States or elsewhere, of foot-and-mouth disease and other animal diseases which in the opinion of the Secretary constitute a threat to the livestock industry of the United States: Provided, That no live virus of foot-andmouth disease may be introduced for any purpose into any part of the mainland of the United States except coastal islands separated therefrom by waters navigable for deep-water navigation and which shall not be connected with the mainland by any tunnel, and except that the Secretary of Agriculture may transport said virus in the original package across the mainland under adequate safeguards and except further, that in the event of outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in this country, the Secretary of Agriculture may, at his discretion, permit said virus to be brought into the

1 Amended by the Act of July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288, to substitute "Secretary of Agriculture" for "Commissioner of Agriculture".

2 Amended by the Act of February 7, 1928, ch. 30, 45 Stat. 59, by adding "and live poultry" after "domestic animals".

3 Amended by the Act of July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288.

4 21 U.S.C. 113a. Added by the Act of April 24, 1948, ch. 229, 62 Stat. 198.

United States under adequate safeguards.5 To carry out the provisions of this section, the Secretary is authorized to employ technical experts or scientists without regard to the Classification Act: Provided, That the number so employed shall not exceed five and that the maximum compensation for each shall not exceed the highest rate of grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as Congress may deem necessary; in addition, the Secretary is authorized to utilize, in carrying out this section, funds otherwise available for the control or eradication of such dis

eases.

5 The Act of July 31, 1958, Public Law 85-573, 72 Stat. 454, inserted in the proviso clause of the first sentence the exception clause respecting transportation of virus in original package across the mainland under adequate safeguards.

6 The Act of October 11, 1962, Public Law 87-793, 76 Stat. 864, substituted the proviso regarding compensation for earlier provisions.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ORGANIC ACT OF 1944

Act of September 21, 1944, Public Law 78-425, 58 Stat. 734

AN ACT To provide for the control and eradication of certain animal and plant pests and diseases, to facilitate cooperation with the States in fire control, to provide for the more efficient protection and management of the national forests, to facilitate the carrying out of agricultural conservation and related agricultural programs, to facilitate the operation of the Farm Credit Administration and the Rural Electrification Administration, to aid in the orderly marketing of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That,

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with State authorities and with the authorities of the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in the administration of regulations for the improvement of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries.

(d)2 The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase in the open market from applicable appropriations samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, test the same, and disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best.

17 U.S.C. 429, Amended by the Act of August 4, 1950. Public Law 81-662, 64 Stat. 413, to add reference to the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. 27 U.S.C. 420.

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