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[CITE: 21USC114a]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
         CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
 
Sec. 114a. Control and eradication of diseases; cooperation of 
        States and farmers' associations; purchase and destruction of 
        diseased animals; ``State'' defined
        
    The Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in cooperation 
with States or political subdivisions thereof, farmers' associations and 
similar organizations, and individuals, is authorized to control and 
eradicate any communicable diseases of livestock or poultry, including, 
but not limited to, tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian 
tuberculosis, brucellosis of domestic animals, southern cattle ticks, 
hog cholera and related swine diseases, scabies in sheep and cattle, 
dourine in horses, scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, incipient or 
potentially serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals, and 
contagious or infectious diseases of animals (such as foot-and-mouth 
disease, rinderpest, and contagious pleuropneumonia) which in the 
opinion of the Secretary constitute an emergency and threaten the 
livestock industry of the country, including the payment of claims 
growing out of destruction of animals (including poultry), and of 
materials, affected by or exposed to any such disease, in accordance 
with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. The Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to prescribe and collect fees to recover the 
costs of carrying out the provisions of this section which relate to 
veterinary diagnostics. As used in this section, the term ``State'' 
includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Territories and 
possessions of the United States.

(May 29, 1884, ch. 60, Sec. 11, as added Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title 
I, Sec. 101(a), 58 Stat. 734; amended Oct. 30, 1951, ch. 637, Sec. 1, 65 
Stat. 693; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 381, 67 Stat. 493; Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, 
Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 1032; Pub. L. 87-518, Sec. 7, July 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 
131; Pub. L. 101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2509(c)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 
Stat. 4071.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 11 of act May 29, 1884, required annual reports to 
Congress concerning the suppression of contagious diseases among 
domestic animals, and was classified to section 560 of former Title 5, 
prior to repeal by act May 29, 1928, ch. 901, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 993.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-624 inserted after first sentence ``The Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to prescribe and collect fees to recover 
the costs of carrying out the provisions of this section which relate to 
veterinary diagnostics.''
    1962--Pub. L. 87-518 inserted ``any communicable diseases of 
livestock or poultry, including, but not limited to,'' after 
``eradicate''.
    1956--Act Aug. 3, 1956, authorized payment of claims for destruction 
of material affected or exposed to disease.
    1953--Act Aug. 8, 1953, provided for control and eradication of 
scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, as well as incipient and potentially 
serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals.
    1951--Act Oct. 30, 1951, substituted ``brucellosis of domestic 
animals'' for ``Bang's disease of cattle''.


                             Appropriations

    Section 101(g) of act Sept. 21, 1944, provided that Congress may 
appropriate such funds as are necessary to accomplish the purpose of 
this section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 113, 114, 114c, 114g, 118, 
119, 136a of this title; title 16 section 1540.
