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91st Congress, S. 2306

May 6, 1970

An Act

To provide for the establishment of an international quarantine station and to permit the entry therein of animals from any country and the subsequent movement of such animals into other parts of the United States for purposes of improving livestock breeds, and for other purposes.

84 STAT. 202

tine station. Establishment.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary International of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to establish and main- animal quaran tain an international animal quarantine station within the territory of the United States. The quarantine station shall be located on an island selected by the Secretary of Agriculture where, in his judgment, maximum animal disease and pest security measures can be maintained. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire land or any interest therein, by purchase, donation, exchange, or otherwise and construct or lease buildings, improvements, and other facilities as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of such quarantine station. The Secretary of Agriculture, on behalf of the United Acceptance of States, is authorized to accept any gift or donation of money, personal gifts, etc. property, buildings, improvements, and other facilities for the purpose of conducting the functions authorized under this Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to prevent the introduction or dissemination of livestock or poultry disease or pests, animals may be brought into the quarantine station from any country, including but not limited to those countries in which the Secretary of Agriculture determines that rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists, and subsequently moved into other parts of the United States, in accordance with such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine are adequate in order to prevent the introduction into and the dissemination within the United States of livestock or poultry diseases or pests. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate in such Cooperation with manner as he deems appropriate, with other North American countries breeders' orgaor with breeders' organizations or similar organizations or with nizations. individuals within the United States regarding importation of animals into and through the quarantine station and to charge and collect reasonable fees for use of the facilities of such station from importers. Such fees shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation charged with the operating expenses of the quarantine station. The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 2. The provisions and penalties of section 545 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to the bringing of animals to the quarantine station or the subsequent movement of animals to other parts of the

Collection of

fees.

Smuggling penal

ties.
62 Stat. 716;

68 Stat. 782.

84 STAT. 202

Appropriation.

United States, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, contrary to the conditions prescribed by the Secretary in regulations issued hereunder.

SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved May 6, 1970.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-776 accompanying H. R. 11832 (Comm. on Agriculture).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-638 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 116 (1970):

Jan. 30, considered and passed Senate.

Mar. 4, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 11832.
Apr. 6, Senate agreed to House amendment, with amendment.

Apr. 23, House agreed to Senate amendment.

91st Congress, H. R. 5554

June 30, 1970

An Act

To provide a special milk program for children.

84 STAT. 336

Child Nutrition

Act of 1966,

amendment.

42 USC 1772.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for each succeeding fiscal year, not to exceed $120,000,000, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, under such rules and regulations as he may deem in the public interest, to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children in the United States in (1) nonprofit schools of high school grade and under, and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child-care centers, settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted to the care and training of children. For the purposes of this section 'United States' means the "United States." fifty States, Guam, and the District of Columbia. The Secretary shall administer the special milk program provided for by this section to the maximum extent practicable in the same manner as he administered the special milk program provided for by Public Law 89-642, as amended, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969.”

[Note by the Office of the Federal Register.-The foregoing Act, having been presented to the President of the United States on Wednesday, June 17, 1970, for his approval and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval on June 30, 1970.]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-110 (Comm. on Agriculture).

SENATE REPORT No. 91-842 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 115 (1969): May 6, considered and passed House.

Vol. 116 (1970): May 11, considered and passed Senate, amended.
June 16, House concurred in Senate amendment.

91st Congress, S. 3592

July 18, 1970

An Act

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, to clarify the provisions relating to custom slaughtering operations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Meat Inspection Act (34 Stat. 1260, as amended by the Wholesome Meat Act, 81 Stat. 584), is hereby amended by deleting the proviso from paragraph (a) of section 23 of the Act, and the colon preceding said proviso, and substituting therefor the following: "; nor to the custom preparation by any person, firm, or corporation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products, derived from the slaughter by any person of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats of his own raising, or from game animals, delivered by the owner thereof for such custom preparation, and transportation in commerce of such custom prepared articles, exclusively for use in the household of such owner, by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees: Provided, That in cases where such person, firm, or corporation engages in such custom operations at an establishment at which inspection under this title is maintained, the Secretary may exempt from such inspection at such establishment any animals slaughtered or any meat or meat food products otherwise prepared on such custom basis: Provided further. That custom operations at any establishment shall be exempt from inspection requirements as provided by this section only if the establishment complies with regulations which the Secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate to assure that any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products wherever handled on a custom basis, or any containers or packages containing such articles, are separated at all times from carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products prepared for sale, and that all such articles prepared on a custom basis, or any containers or packages containing such articles, are plainly marked 'Not for Sale' immediately after being prepared and kept so identified until delivered to the owner and that the establishment conducting the custom operation is maintained and operated in a sanitary manner."

Approved July 18, 1970.

Federal Meat
Inspection Act,
amendment.
81 Stat. 591.
21 USC 623.

84 STAT, 438

84 STAT. 439

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1221 (Comm. on Agriculture).

SENATE REPORT No. 91-915 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 116 (1970):

June 5, considered and passed Senate.

July 6, considered and passed House.

91st Congress, S. 3070
December 24, 1970

An Act

To encourage the development of novel varieties of sexually reproduced plants
and to make them available to the public, providing protection available to
those who breed, develop, or discover them, and thereby promoting progress in
agriculture in the public interest.

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

84 STAT. 1542

Plant Variety
Protection Aot.

INDEX

Section

TITLE I-Plant Variety Protection Office__.

1

TITLE II-Protectability of Plant Varieties and Certificates of Protection_
TITLE III-Plant Variety Protection and Rights-----.

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There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture a
bureau to be known as the Plant Variety Protection Office, which shall
have the functions set forth in this Act.

Sec. 2. Seal.

The Plant Variety Protection Office shall have a seal with which
documents and certificates evidencing plant variety protection shall be
authenticated.

Sec. 3. Organization.

The organization of the Plant Variety Protection Office shall, except
as provided herein, be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture
(hereinafter called the Secretary). The office shall devote itself sub-
stantially exclusively to the administration of this Act.

Sec. 4. Restrictions on Employees as to Interest in Plant Variety
Protection.

Employees of the Plant Variety Protection Office shall be ineligible
during the periods of their employment, to apply for plant variety
protection and to acquire directly or indirectly, except by inheritance
or bequest, any right or interest in any matters before that office. This
section shall not apply to members of the Plant Variety Protection
Board who are not otherwise employees of the Plant Variety Protec-
tion Office.

Sec. 5. Bond of Employees.

Such employees as the Secretary designates, before entering upon
their duties, shall severally give bond, with sureties, in sums pre-
scribed by the Secretary, conditioned for the faithful discharge of
their respective duties and that they shall render to the proper officers
of the Treasury a true account of all money received by virtue of their
offices.

Sec. 6. Regulations.

The Secretary may establish regulations, not inconsistent with law,
for the conduct of proceedings in the Plant Variety Protection Office
after consultations with the Plant Variety Protection Board.

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