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. 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). Jan. 30, considered and passed Senate. Mar. 4, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 11832. 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. 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 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). June 5, considered and passed Senate. July 6, considered and passed House. 91st Congress, S. 3070 An Act To encourage the development of novel varieties of sexually reproduced plants Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 84 STAT. 1542 Plant Variety INDEX Section TITLE I-Plant Variety Protection Office__. 1 TITLE II-Protectability of Plant Varieties and Certificates of Protection_ 41 101 There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture a Sec. 2. Seal. The Plant Variety Protection Office shall have a seal with which Sec. 3. Organization. The organization of the Plant Variety Protection Office shall, except Sec. 4. Restrictions on Employees as to Interest in Plant Variety Employees of the Plant Variety Protection Office shall be ineligible Sec. 5. Bond of Employees. Such employees as the Secretary designates, before entering upon Sec. 6. Regulations. The Secretary may establish regulations, not inconsistent with law, |