2016 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 11 - Honeybees
Sec. 283 - Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 283 (2016)
Section Name §283. Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm
Section Text

The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and may release bee germ plasm to the public.

Source Credit

(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, §103, 58 Stat. 735; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §3(1), 65 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, §1120, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 31, 1922, which comprises this chapter.

Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:

June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 439.

July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 407.

AMENDMENTS

1981—Pub. L. 97–98 inserted "and may release bee germ plasm to the public".

1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out provisions relating to sale of surplus bee-breeding stock, and the fixing of rates and disposition of proceeds in connection therewith.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective on Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 11 - HONEYBEES
Sec. 283 - Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm
Contains section 283
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 57 Stat. 407
58 Stat. 735, 439
65 Stat. 708
95 Stat. 1273
Public Law References Public Law 97-98
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