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76 STAT. 132. 65 Stat. 721.

Regulations.

Separability.

SEC. 10. Section 1114 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting after "wild birds and animals," the following: "any employee of the Department of Agriculture designated by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out any law or regulation, or to perform any function in connection with any Federal or State program or any program of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or the District of Columbia, for the control or eradication or prevention of the introduction or dissemination of animal diseases,”.

SEC. 11. The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 12. The authority conferred by this Act shall be in addition to authority conferred by other statutes. Any provision of any other Act inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed. SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Approved July 2, 1962.

87th Congress, S. 1130
September 25, 1962

An Act

76 STAT. 592.

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for family clinics for domestic agricultural migratory workers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title III of the Public health. Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C., ch. 6A, subch. II) is amended Migratory workby inserting at the end of part A thereof the following new section:

"GRANTS FOR FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CLINICS FOR DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL MIGRATORY WORKERS

"SEC. 310. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, such sums, not to exceed $3,000,000 for any year, as may be necessary to enable the Surgeon General (1) to make grants to public and other nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations for paying part of the cost of (i) establishing and operating family health service clinics for domestic agricultural migratory workers and their families, including training persons to provide services in the establishing and operating of such clinics, and (ii) special projects to improve health services for and the health conditions of domestic agricultural migratory workers and their families, including training persons to provide health services for or otherwise improve the health conditions of such migratory workers and their families, and (2) to encourage and cooperate in programs for the purpose of improving health services for or otherwise improving the health conditions of domestic agricultural migratory workers and their families."

Approved September 25, 1962.

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58 Stat. 691. 42 USC 241

2428.

87th Congress, S. 3475
September 28, 1962

An Act

76 STAT. 663.

To provide further for cooperation with States in administration and enforcement of certain Federal laws.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to Agriculture Dept. avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and personnel, and to attain Federal law encloser coordination and greater effectiveness and economy in adminis- forcement, coopertration of Federal and State laws and regulations relating to the mar- ation with State keting of agricultural products and to the control or eradication of agencies. plant and animal diseases and pests, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, in the administration and enforcement of such Federal laws within his area of responsibility, whenever he deems it feasible and in the public interest, to enter into cooperative arrangements with State departments of agriculture and other State agencies charged with the administration and enforcement of such State laws and regulations and to provide that any such State agency which has adequate facilities, personnel, and procedures, as determined by the Secretary, may assist the Secretary in the administration and enforcement of such Federal laws and regulations to the extent and in the manner he deems appropriate in the public interest.

Further, the Secretary is authorized to coordinate the administration of such Federal laws and regulations with such State laws and regulations wherever feasible. However, nothing herein shall affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture under any Federal law, or any authority to cooperate with State agencies or other agencies or persons under existing provisions of law, or affect any restrictions of law upon such cooperation.

Approved September 28, 1962.

87th Congress, S. 1037
October 1, 1962

An Act

76 STAT. 673.

To amend the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities.

46 Stat. 532.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraphs Perishable Agri(6) and (7) of the first section of the Perishable Agricultural Com- cultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499a), are amended to read as follows: modities Act, "(6) The term 'dealer' means any person engaged in the business of 1930, amendment. buying or selling in wholesale or jobbing quantities, as defined by the 50 Stat. 725; Secretary, any perishable agricultural commodity in interstate or Definitions. foreign commerce, except that (A) no producer shall be considered as a dealer' in respect to sales of any such commodity of his own raising; (B) no person buying any such commodity solely for sale at retail shall be considered as a 'dealer' until the invoice cost of his purchases of perishable agricultural commodities in any calendar year are in excess of $90,000; and (C) no person buying any commodity for canning and/or processing within the State where grown shall be considered a 'dealer' whether or not the canned or processed product is to be shipped in interstate or foreign commerce, unless such product is frozen or packed in ice, or consists of cherries in brine, within the meaning of paragraph (4) of this section. Any person not considered as a 'dealer under clauses (A), (B), and (C) may elect to secure a license under the provisions of section 3, and in such case and while the license is in effect such person shall be considered as a 'dealer';

"(7) The term 'broker' means any person engaged in the business of negotiating sales and purchases of any perishable agricultural commodity in interstate or foreign commerce for or on behalf of the vendor or the purchaser, respectively, except that no person shall be deemed to be a broker' if such person is an independent agent negotiating sales for and on behalf of the vendor and if the only sales of such commodities negotiated by such person are sales of frozen fruits and vegetables having an invoice value not in excess of $90,000 in any calendar year." SEC. 2. The first section of such Act (7 U.S.C. 499a) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(9) The term 'responsibly connected' means affiliated or connected with a commission merchant, dealer, or broker as (A) partner in a partnership, or (B) officer, director, or holder of more than 10 per centum of the outstanding stock of a corporation or association;

"(10) The terms 'employ' and 'employment' mean any affiliation of any person with the business operations of a licensee, with or without compensation, including ownership or self-employment."

License fees.

64 Stat. 217.

SEC. 3. The third sentence of section 3(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 499c (b)) is amended to read as follows: "Upon the filing of the application, and annually thereafter, the applicant shall pay such fee as the Secretary determines necessary to meet the reasonably anticipated expenses for administering this Act and the Act to prevent the destruction or dumping of farm produce, approved March 3, 1927 (7 U.S.C. 491-497), but in no event shall such fee exceed $50. Such fee, when 44 Stat. 1355. collected, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as a special fund, without fiscal year limitation, to be designated as the

'Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Fund', which shall be "Perishable available for all expenses necessary to the administration of this Act Agricultural and the Act approved March 3, 1927, referred to above: Provided, Commodities Act That financial statements prescribed by the Director of the Bureau of Fund." the Budget for the last completed fiscal year, and as estimated for the current and ensuing fiscal years, shall be included in the budget as

76 STAT. 674.

46 Stat. 533.

Trade names.

Bankruptoy.

70 Stat. 726.

License refusal.

7 USC 499h.

7 USC 499b.

44 Stat. 1355.

7 USC 499g.

Period of license ineligibility.

Post, p. 675.

submitted to the Congress annually. The Secretary shall give public notice of any increase to be made in the annual fee prescribed by him hereunder and shall allow a reasonable time prior to the effective date of such increase for interested persons to file their views on or objections to such increase."

SEC. 4. Section 3 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 499c) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(c) A licensee may conduct business in more than one trade name or change the name under which business is conducted without requiring an additional or new license. The Secretary may disapprove the use of a trade name if, in his opinion, the use of the trade name by the licensee would be deceptive, misleading, or confusing to the trade, and the Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend for a period not to exceed ninety days the license of any licensee who continues to use a trade name which the Secretary has disapproved for use by such licensee. The Secretary may refuse to issue a license to an applicant if he finds that the trade name in which the applicant proposes to do business would be deceptive, misleading, or confusing to the trade if used by such applicant.

SEC. 5. Section 4 (a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 499d (a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof ": And provided further, That the license of any licensee shall terminate upon said licensee, or in case the licensee is a partnership, any partner, being discharged as a bankrupt”.

SEC. 6. Section 4(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 499d (b)) is amended to read as follows:

"(b) The Secretary shall refuse to issue a license to an applicant if he finds that the applicant, or any person responsibly connected with the applicant, is a person who, or is or was responsibly connected with a person who

(A) has had his license revoked under the provisions of section 8 within two years prior to the date of the application or whose license is currently under suspension;

"(B) within two years prior to the date of application has been found after notice and opportunity for hearing to have committed any flagrant or repeated violation of section 2, but this provision shall not apply to any case in which the license of the person found to have committed such violation was suspended and the suspension period has expired or is not in effect;

(C) within two years prior to the date of the application, has been found guilty in a Federal court of having violated the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1927 (7 U.S.C. 491-497), relating to the prevention of destruction and dumping of farm produce; or

"(D) has failed, except in the case of bankruptcy and subject to his right of appeal under section 7 (c), to pay any reparation order issued against him within two years prior to the date of the application."

SEC. 7. Section 4 (c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 499d (c)) is amended to read as follows:

"(c) Any applicant ineligible for a license by reason of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section may, upon the expiration of the two-year period applicable to him, be issued a license by the Secretary if such applicant furnishes a surety bond in the form and amount satisfactory to the Secretary as assurance that his business will be conducted in accordance with this Act and that he will pay all reparation orders which may be issued against him in connection with transactions occurring within four years following the issuance of the license, subject to his right of appeal under section 7(c). In the event such applicant does not furnish such a surety bond, the Secretary

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