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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 54 — Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals

§ 2153. Fees and authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

The Secretary shall charge, assess, and cause to be collected reasonable fees for licenses issued. Such fees shall be adjusted on an equitable basis taking into consideration the type and nature of the operations to be licensed and shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as Congress may from time to time provide: Provided, That there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for enforcement by the Department of Agriculture of the provisions of section 2156 of this title an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the transition quarter ending , and not to exceed $400,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.

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. Pub. L. 89–544 § 23 · 80 Stat. 350

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2153

    Pub. L. 89–544, § 23, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 353

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–544, § 23, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 353

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 23. The Secretary shall charge, assess, and cause to be collected License fees. reasonable fees for licenses issued. Such fees shall be adjusted on an equitable basis taking into consideration the type and nature of the operations to be licensed and shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. There are hereby Appropriation. authorized to be appropriated such funds as Congress may from time to time provide.

  2. Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976

    Pub. L. 94–279 § 18 · 90 Stat. 417

    Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 2153

    Pub. L. 94–279 authorized appropriations for the enforcement of section 2156 of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 94–279 authorized appropriations for the enforcement of section 2156 of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 18. Section 23 of such Act is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the third sentence “: Provided, That there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for enforcement by the Department of Agriculture of the provisions of section 26 of this Act an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, and not to exceed $400,000 for each fiscal year thereafter”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–279 authorized appropriations for the enforcement of section 2156 of this title.

Credits

1966–1976 · 2 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–544, § 23, , 80 Stat. 353
  2. 1976Pub. L. 94–279, § 18, , 90 Stat. 423.
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(Pub. L. 89–544, § 23, , 80 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 94–279, § 18, , 90 Stat. 423.)

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