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[CITE: 21USC135]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
         CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
 
Sec. 135. International animal quarantine station; 
        establishment; acceptance of gifts; cooperation with breeders' 
        organizations; collection of fees
        
    The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to 
establish and maintain an international animal quarantine station within 
the territory of the United States. The quarantine station shall be 
located on an island selected by the Secretary of Agriculture where, in 
his judgment, maximum animal disease and pest security measures can be 
maintained. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire land 
or any interest therein, by purchase, donation, exchange, or otherwise 
and construct or lease buildings, improvements, and other facilities as 
may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of such 
quarantine station. The Secretary of Agriculture, on behalf of the 
United States, is authorized to accept any gift or donation of money, 
personal property, buildings, improvements, and other facilities for the 
purpose of conducting the functions authorized under sections 135 to 
135b of this title. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to 
prevent the introduction or dissemination of livestock or poultry 
disease or pests, animals may be brought into the quarantine station 
from any country, including but not limited to those countries in which 
the Secretary of Agriculture determines that rinderpest or foot-and-
mouth disease exists, and subsequently moved into other parts of the 
United States in accordance with such conditions as the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall determine are adequate in order to prevent the 
introduction into and the dissemination within the United States of 
livestock or poultry diseases or pests. The Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to cooperate in such manner as he deems appropriate, with 
other countries or with breeders' organizations or similar organizations 
or with individuals regarding importation of animals into and through 
the quarantine station and to charge and collect reasonable fees for use 
of the facilities of such station from importers. Such fees shall be 
deposited into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the 
appropriation charged with the operating expenses of the quarantine 
station. The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he 
deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 135 to 135b of 
this title.

(Pub. L. 91-239, Sec. 1, May 6, 1970, 84 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 103-465, 
title IV, Sec. 431(j), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4969.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-465, in sixth sentence, struck out ``North 
American'' before ``countries'' and ``within the United States'' after 
``individuals''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective, except as otherwise 
provided, on the date of entry into force of the World Trade 
Organization Agreement with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], 
see section 451 of Pub. L. 103-465, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 135a, 135b, 136a of this 
title; title 16 section 1540.
