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[CITE: 7USC3191]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
            SUBCHAPTER V--ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH
 
Sec. 3191. Purposes and findings relating to animal health and 
        disease research
        

(a) Purposes

    The purposes of this subchapter are to--
        (1) promote the general welfare through the improved health and 
    productivity of domestic livestock, poultry, aquatic animals, and 
    other income-producing animals that are essential to the food supply 
    of the United States and the welfare of producers and consumers of 
    animal products;
        (2) improve the health of horses;
        (3) facilitate the effective treatment of, and, to the extent 
    possible, prevent animal and poultry diseases in both domesticated 
    and wild animals that, if not controlled, would be disastrous to the 
    United States livestock and poultry industries and endanger the food 
    supply of the United States;
        (4) improve methods for the control of organisms and residues in 
    food products of animal origin that could endanger the human food 
    supply;
        (5) improve the housing and management of animals to improve the 
    well-being of livestock production species;
        (6) minimize livestock and poultry losses due to transportation 
    and handling;
        (7) protect human health through control of animal diseases 
    transmissible to humans;
        (8) improve methods of controlling the births of predators and 
    other animals; and
        (9) otherwise promote the general welfare through expanded 
    programs of research and extension to improve animal health.

(b) Findings

    Congress finds that--
        (1) the total animal health and disease research and extension 
    efforts of State colleges and universities and of the Federal 
    Government would be more effective if there were close coordination 
    between the efforts; and
        (2) colleges and universities having accredited schools or 
    colleges of veterinary medicine and State agricultural experiment 
    stations that conduct animal health and disease research are 
    especially vital in training research workers in animal health and 
    related disciplines.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1429, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1001; 
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1426, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1309; Pub. 
L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 810, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1164.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-127 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions which outlined congressional findings 
and declaration of purpose of subchapter.
    1981--Pub. L. 97-98 substituted ``schools or colleges of veterinary 
medicine and State agricultural experiment stations that conduct animal 
health and disease research'' for ``colleges of veterinary medicine or 
departments of veterinary sciences or animal pathology, and similar 
units conducting animal health and disease research in the State 
agricultural experiment stations,''.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95-
113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 
1307 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3199 of this title.
