Volume 73
Public Law 86–279
To amend the Act of August 1, 1958, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake continuing studies of the effects of Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticides, upon fish and wildlife for the purpose of preventing losses of those invaluable natural resources, and for other purposes.
Approved September 16, 1959
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of August 1, 1958, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake continuing studies of the effects of Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticides, upon fish and wildlife for the purpose of preventing losses of those invaluable natural resources, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 2 of the Act of August 1, 1958, providing for continuing studies of the effects of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticides, upon fish and wildlife for the purpose of preventing losses of those invaluable natural resources and for other purposes is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. The sum of $2,565,000 per annum is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the objectives of this Act.”
Approved September 16, 1959.