Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 11 — Honeybees
§ 283. Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm
Statutory text
The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and may release bee germ plasm to the public.
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.
Pub. L. 78–412 · 58 Stat. 734
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 283
Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 103, 58 Stat. 735
Source evidence
Code source credit
Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 103, 58 Stat. 735Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
Pub. L. 97–98 title XI § 1120 · 95 Stat. 1213
Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 283
Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “and may release bee germ plasm to the public”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “and may release bee germ plasm to the public”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1120. authority to release bee germ plasm Section 103 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 283) is amended by adding immediately before the period “and may release bee germ plasm to the public”.Effective date note
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.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
This section was not enacted as part of act , 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.
Amendments1951–1981 · 2 rounds
1981
Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “and may release bee germ plasm to the public”.
1951
Act , struck out provisions relating to sale of surplus bee-breeding stock, and the fixing of rates and disposition of proceeds in connection therewith.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective on , see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.
Credits
1944–1981 · 3 acts
- 1944Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 103, 58 Stat. 735
- 1951Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(1), 65 Stat. 708
- 1981Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1120, , 95 Stat. 1273.
Show as published
(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, , 95 Stat. 1273.)