                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                     SUBTITLE II--SPECIAL PROVISIONS
 
                          Part I--Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 1306. Cattle, sheep, swine, and meats; importation 
        prohibited in certain cases
        

(a) In general

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the 
Secretary of Agriculture determines that rinderpest or foot-and-mouth 
disease exists in any foreign country, he shall officially notify the 
Secretary of the Treasury and give public notice thereof, and 
thereafter, and until the Secretary of Agriculture gives notice in a 
similar manner that such disease no longer exists in such foreign 
country, the importation into the United States of cattle, sheep, or 
other ruminants, or swine, or of fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of such 
animals, from such foreign country, is prohibited: Provided, That wild 
ruminants or swine may be imported from any such country upon such 
conditions, including post entry conditions, to be prescribed in import 
permits or in regulations, as the Secretary may impose for the purpose 
of preventing the dissemination of said diseases into or within the 
United States: And provided further, That the subsequent distribution, 
maintenance, and exhibition of such animals in the United States shall 
be limited to zoological parks approved by said Secretary as meeting 
such standards as he may by regulation prescribe for the purpose of 
preventing the dissemination of said diseases into or within the United 
States. The Secretary may at any time seize and dispose of any such 
animals which are not handled in accordance with the conditions imposed 
by him or which are distributed to or maintained or exhibited at any 
place in the United States which is not then an approved zoological 
park, in such manner as he deems necessary for said purpose.

(b) Exception

    The Secretary of Agriculture may permit, subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate, the importation of 
cattle, sheep, other ruminants, or swine (including embryos of the 
animals), or the fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of the animals, from a 
region if the Secretary determines that the region from which the animal 
or meat originated is, and is likely to remain, free from rinderpest and 
foot-and-mouth disease, or is, and is likely to remain, a region of low 
prevalence of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease.

(c) Regulations

    The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make rules and 
regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, and in such rules 
and regulations the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe the terms and 
conditions for the destruction of all cattle, sheep, and other 
ruminants, and swine, and of all meats, offered for entry and refused 
admission into the United States, unless such cattle, sheep, ruminants, 
swine, or meats be exported by the consignee within the time fixed 
therefor in such rules and regulations.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, Sec. 306, 46 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 85-
867, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1685; Pub. L. 90-201, Sec. 18, Dec. 15, 
1967, 81 Stat. 600; Pub. L. 100-449, title III, Sec. 301(f)(5), Sept. 
28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1869; Pub. L. 103-182, title III, Sec. 361(d)(1), 
Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2123; Pub. L. 103-465, title IV, Sec. 431(g), 
Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4969.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions concerning the importation of neat cattle and the hides 
of neat cattle were contained in act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, Sec. IV, H, 
subsections 1 and 2, 38 Stat. 195, superseding similar provisions of 
previous tariff acts. Those subsections were superseded by act Sept. 21, 
1922, ch. 356, title III, Sec. 306, 42 Stat. 937, and repealed by 
section 321 thereof. Section 306 of the 1922 act was superseded by 
section 306 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed 
by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-465 inserted before period at end ``, 
or is, and is likely to remain, a region of low prevalence of rinderpest 
and foot-and-mouth disease''.
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-182, Sec. 361(d)(1)(A), substituted 
heading for one which read ``Rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease'' and 
``Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the Secretary 
of Agriculture'' for ``If the Secretary of Agriculture''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-182, Sec. 361(d)(1)(B), added subsec. (b) 
and struck out former subsec. (b) ``Imports from Canada'' which read as 
follows: ``Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary of Agriculture determines appropriate, the importation of 
cattle, sheep, or other ruminants, or swine (including embryos of such 
animals) or the fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of such animals from a 
region of Canada notwithstanding the existence of rinderpest or foot-
and-mouth disease in Canada, if--
        ``(1) the United States and Canada have entered into an 
    agreement delineating the criteria for recognizing that a 
    geographical region of either country is free from rinderpest or 
    foot-and-mouth disease; and
        ``(2) the appropriate official of the government of Canada 
    certifies that the region of Canada from which the animal or meat 
    originated is free from rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease.''
    1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-449 added subsec. (b).
    1967--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-201 repealed subsec. (b) prohibiting 
importation of meats unfit for human food. See section 620 of Title 21, 
Food and Drugs.
    1958--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-867 struck out ``domestic'' before 
``ruminants'', substituted ``meat of such animals'' for ``beef, veal, 
mutton, lamb, or pork'', and inserted provisos prohibiting importation 
of wild ruminants or swine except under conditions preventing 
dissemination of livestock diseases and limiting distribution, 
maintenance and exhibition of such animals to approved zoological parks, 
and seizure and disposal provision.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-867 struck out ``domestic'' before 
``ruminants'' in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective on the date of entry into 
force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 
1995], except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103-465, 
set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of this title.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-449 effective on date the United States-
Canada Free-Trade Agreement enters into force (Jan. 1, 1989), and to 
cease to have effect on date Agreement ceases to be in force, see 
section 501(a), (c) of Pub. L. 100-449, set out in a note under section 
2112 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-201 effective on expiration of sixty days 
after Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 90-201, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 601 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 16 section 1540; title 21 
section 136a.
