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§ 114e. Control and eradication of cattle grubs; research and in

vestigations. In order to protect, promote, and conserve livestock and livestock products and to minimize losses, the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in cooperation with States or subdivisions thereof, farmers' associations, and other organizations and individuals, it is authorized to increase and intensify research and investigations into problems and methods relating to the eradication of cattle grubs and to undertake measures to eradicate these parasites. (June 16, 1948, ch. 477, § 1, 62 Stat. 458.)

§ 114f. Same; definitions; appropriations. -As used in section 114e of this title, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia and the Territories and possessions of the United States. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out section 114e of this title. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be expended in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Secretary. (June 16, 1948, ch. 477, § 2, 62 Stat. 458.)

§ 129. Payment for animals purchased; computation of value, and amount paid. - The Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary and any unexpended balances of funds transferred under this section in the fiscal year 1948 shall be merged with such transferred amounts, to be available only in an emergency which threatens the livestock or poultry industry of the country, for necessary expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia, in the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, and contagious pleuropneumonia or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, for European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future purchases and destruction of animals (including poultry) affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations; and for foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest programs undertaken pursuant to the provisions of sections 114b-114d of this title and sections 111-122 of this title, including expenses in accordance with section 114c of this title: Provided, That, except for payments made pursuant to sections 114b-114d of this title, the payment for such animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, egg-production, dairy, or breeding value, but in the case of appraisement, based on breeding value, no appraisement of any such animal shall exceed three times its meat, egg-production, or dairy value, and except in the case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States Government for any such animals shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: Provided, further, That poultry may be appraised in groups when the basis for appraisal is the same for each bird. (As amended May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 529; Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 1005; May 16, 1928, ch. 572, 45 Stat. 548; Feb. 16, 1929, ch. 227, 45 Stat. 1198; May 27, 1930, ch. 341, 46 Stat. 403; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 278, 46 Stat. 1252; July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 620; Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 203, 47 Stat. 1442; Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 477; May 17, 1935, ch. 131, Title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 257; June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1432; June 29, 1937, ch. 404, 50 Stat. 406; June 16, 1938, ch. 464, Title I, 52 Stat. 722; June 30, 1939, ch. 253, Title I, 53 Stat. 951; June 25, 1940, ch. 421, § 1, 54 Stat. 542; July 1, 1941, ch. 267, § 1, 55 Stat. 418; July 22, 1942, ch. 516, § 1, 56 Stat. 676; July 12, 1943, ch. 215, § 1, 57 Stat. 403; June 28, 1944, ch. 296, § 1, 58 Stat. 434; May 5, 1945, ch. 109, § 1, 59 Stat. 144; June 22, 1946, ch. 445, § 1, 60 Stat. 278; July 30, 1947, ch. 356, Title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 532; June 19, 1948, ch. 543, § 1, 62 Stat. 515.)

1947 Amendment.-Act July 30, 1947, cited to text, amended section by changing appropriation from $305,000 to $100,000.

1946 Amendment.-Act June 22, 1946, cited to text, amended section by omitting proviso relating to the eradication of the European fowl pest and substituting a proviso relating to appraisal of poultry in groups.

1943 Amendment.-Act July 12, 1943, cited to text, substituted "Secretary" for "Secretary of Agriculture".

§ 133. Establishment of international animal quarantine station on Swan Island; entry of animals from any country; importation into United States. - The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to establish and maintain on Swan Island, either independently or in cooperation with other American Republics and with breeders' organizations and similar organizations and individuals within the United States, an international animal quarantine station, including the acquisition of sites by lease or otherwise, and the construction of temporary building, improvements, and other facilities on such sites, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law but subject to regulations prescribed under this section by the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent the introduction into the United States of communicable diseases of animals, animals may be brought into said quarantine station from any country, including but not limited to those countries in which the Secretary of Agriculture determines that rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease exist, and may be subsequently imported into other parts of the United States under said regulations. (July 24, 1946, ch. 592, 60 Stat. 633.)

Chapter 6.-NARCOTIC DRUGS

DOMESTIC CONTROL OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE OPIUM POPPY

§ 188j. Enforcement of provisions by Secretary of the Treasury; assistance from federal agencies. - (a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the provisions of sections 188188n of this title, and he is hereby authorized to make, prescribe, and publish all necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions hereof, and to confer or impose any of the rights, privileges, powers, and duties conferred or imposed upon him by sections 188188n of this title upon such officers or employees of the Treasury Department as he shall designate or appoint.

(b) It shall be the duty of the other departments, bureaus, and independent establishments, and particularly the Bureau of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture, when requested by the Secretary of the Treasury, to furnish such assistance, including technical advice, as will aid in carrying out the purposes of sections 188-188n of this title. (Dec. 11, 1942, ch. 720, § 11, 56 Stat. 1048.)

Effective date, see note under section 188 of this tile.

Transfer of Functions. -The Bureau of Plant Industry was renamed the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering by departmental action under Ex. Ord. No. 9069, Feb. 23, 1942, 7 F.R. 1409, set out in note to section 601 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, and functions of this Bureau were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 301, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. -. See note to section 391 of Title 7, Agriculture.

TITLE 22.-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE Chapter 1.-DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE GENERALLY §§ 80-82. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, Title XI, § 1131 (9, 10, 22), 60 Stat. 1036.

Section 80, R.S. § 1712, as amended June 18, 1888, ch. 393, 25 Stat. 186; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659; July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100, related to commercial and agricultural reports, and is not now covered.

Section 81, Act Jan. 27, 1879, ch. 28, § 1, 20 Stat. 273, as amended Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100, related to reports on exports imports, and wages, and is not now covered.

Section 82, R.S. § 1713, as amended June 18, 1888, ch. 393, 25 Stat. 186; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659, related to reports on current prices of merchandise, etc., and is not now covered.

Effective date of repeal, see note set out under section 801 of this tile. Chapter 9.-FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY

Subchapter I.-WAR MATERIALS

§ 412. Same; procurement for and transfer of defense articles to other countries; repairs, etc.; limitation on amount; termination of powers; naval convoys; combat area navigation. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the President may, from time to time, when he deems it in the interest of national defense, authorize the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the head of any other department or agency of the Government

(1) To manufacture in arsenals, factories, and shipyards under their jurisdiction, or otherwise procure, to the extent to which funds are made available therefor, or contracts are authorized from time to time by the Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.

(2) To sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government any defense article, but no defense article not manufactured or procured under paragraph (1) shall in any way be disposed of under this paragraph, except after consultation with the Chief of Staff of the Army or the Chief of Naval Operations of the Navy, or both. The value of defense articles disposed of in any way under authority of this paragraph, and procured from funds heretofore appropriated, shall not exceed $1,300,000,000. The value of such defense articles shall be determined by the head of the department or agency concerned or such other department, agency or officer as shall be designated in the manner provided in the rules and regulations issued hereunder. Defense articles procured from funds hereafter appropriated to any department or agency of the Government, other than from funds authorized to be appropriated under sections 411-419 of this title, shall not be disposed of in any way under authority of this paragraph except to the extent hereafter authorized by the Congress in the Acts appropriating such funds or otherwise.

(3) To test, inspect, prove, repair, outfit, recondition, or otherwise to place in good working order, to the extent to which funds are made available therefor, or contracts are authorized from time to time by the Congress, or both, any defense article for any such government, or to procure any or all such services by private contract.

(4) To communicate to any such government any defense information, pertaining to any defense article furnished to such government under paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(5) To release for export any defense article disposed of in any way under this subsection to any such government.

(b) The terms and conditions upon which any such foreign government receives any aid authorized under subsection (a) shall be those which the President deems satisfactory, and the benefit to the United States may be payment or repayment in kind or property, or any other direct or indirect benefit which the President deems satisfactory: Provided, however, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize the President to assume or incur any obligations on the part of the United States with respect to post-war economic policy, post-war military policy or any post-war policy involving international relations except in accordance with established constitutional procedure.

(c) After June 30, 1946, or after the passage of a concurrent resolution by the two Houses before June 30, 1946, which declares that the powers conferred by or pursuant to subsection (a) are no longer necessary to promote the defense of the United States, neither the President nor the head of any department or agency shall exercise any of the powers conferred by or pursuant to subsection (a); except that until July 1, 1949, any of such powers may be exercised to the extent necessary to carry out a contract or agreement with such a foreign government made before July 1, 1946, or before the passage of such concurrent resolution, whichever is the earlier: Provided, however, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the President to enter into or carry out any contract or agreement with a foreign government for postwar relief, postwar rehabilitation or postwar reconstruction; except that a contract or agreement entered into in accordance with sections 411-419 of this title in which the United States undertakes to furnish to a foreign government defense articles, services, or information for use in the prosecution of the present war and which provides for the disposition, on terms and conditions of sale prescribed by the President, of any such defense articles, services, or information after the President determines they are no longer necessary for use by such government in promoting the defense of the United States shall not be deemed to be for postwar relief, postwar rehabilitation or postwar reconstruction.

(d) Nothing in sections 411-419 of this title shall be construed to authorize or to permit the authorization of convoying vessels by naval vessels of the United States.

(e) Nothing in sections 411-419 of this title shall be construed to authorize or to permit the authorization of the entry of any American vessel into a combat area in violation of section 443 of this title. (Mar. 11, 1941, ch. 11, § 3, 55 Stat. 31, as amended Mar. 11, 1943, ch. 15, 57 Stat. 20; May 17, 1944, ch. 198, §§ 1, 2, 58 Stat. 222, 223; Apr. 16, 1945,

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