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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Chapter 4 — Animals, Meats, and Meat and Dairy Products

§ 136. Additional inspection services

Statutory text

The Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out regulations prohibiting or restricting the entry of materials that may harbor pests, or diseases, is authorized to enter into agreements with operators or owners of vessels or aircraft for the purpose of providing inspection services at points of entry in the United States in addition to the regular or on-call basis currently available in connection with such vessels or aircraft. Any such agreement shall provide for the payment by the operator or owner of an amount determined by the Secretary to be necessary to defray the costs of providing additional service pursuant to such agreement.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–624 title XXV § 2508 · 104 Stat. 3359

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 136

    (Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2508, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4069.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2508, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4069.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2508. ADDITIONAL INSPECTION SERVICES. The Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out regulations prohibiting or restricting the entry of materials that may harbor pests, or diseases, is authorized to enter into agreements with operators or owners of vessels or aircraft for the purpose of providing inspection services at points of entry in the United States in addition to the regular or on-call basis currently available in connection with such vessels or aircraft. Any such agreement shall provide for the payment by the operator or owner of an amount determined by the Secretary to be necessary to defray the costs of providing additional service pursuant to such agreement.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2508, , 104 Stat. 4069.)

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