1997 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 7A - GOLDEN NEMATODE
Sec. 150 - Governmental policy for protection of potatoes and tomatoes from golden nematode

To protect potato and tomato production in the United States from the destructive pest known as the golden nematode which subsists on the roots of potatoes and tomatoes, causes marked reduction in yield, persists in the soil for many years in an inactive state in the absence of preferred hosts, and becomes active and destructive when potatoes or tomatoes are again planted, it is the policy of the Government of the United States, independently or in cooperation with State and local governmental agencies, and other public and private organizations, associations, and individuals, to eradicate, suppress, control, and prevent the spread of, this pest.

(June 15, 1948, ch. 471, §1, 62 Stat. 442.)

Section 9 of act June 15, 1948, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Golden Nematode Act’.”

Cooperation with State agencies in administration and enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests; assistance of State agencies to Secretary of Agriculture; coordination of administration of Federal and State laws; Federal administrative jurisdiction and other provisions respecting cooperation unaffected, see section 450 of this title.