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[CITE: 7USC283]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                          CHAPTER 11--HONEYBEES
 
Sec. 283. Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm

    The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and 
may release bee germ plasm to the public.

(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 103, 58 Stat. 735; Oct. 31, 
1951, ch. 654, Sec. 3(1), 65 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 97-98, title XI, 
Sec. 1120, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273.)

                          Codification

    This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 31, 1922, 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.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-98 inserted ``and may release bee germ plasm to the 
public''.
    1951--Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out provisions relating to sale of 
surplus bee-breeding stock, and the fixing of rates and disposition of 
proceeds in connection therewith.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    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.
