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CHAPTER 15 - BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

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Sec.

391. Establishment of bureau; appointment of chief; duties.

392. Repealed.

393. Sale of pathological and zoological specimens; disposition of

moneys.

394. Repealed.

394a. Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare

virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products.

395. Fees for rabies diagnoses; disposition of moneys.

396. Inspection of livestock, hides, animal products, etc.; place;

charges; disposition of funds.

397. Omitted.

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Sec. 391. Establishment of bureau; appointment of chief; duties

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There shall be in the Department of Agriculture a Bureau of

Animal Industry. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to

appoint a chief thereof, who shall be a competent veterinary

surgeon, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon

the condition of the domestic animals and live poultry of the

United States, their protection and use, and also inquire into and

report the causes of contagious, infectious, and communicable

diseases among them, and the means for the prevention and cure of

the same, and to collect such information on these subjects as

shall be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of

the country.

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(May 29, 1884, ch. 60, Sec. 1, 23 Stat. 31; July 14, 1890, ch. 707,

26 Stat. 288; Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 30, 45 Stat. 59.)

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CODIFICATION

Section is composed of part of section 1 of act May 29, 1884.

Section 1 of that act as originally enacted contained this

further provision: ''And the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby

authorized to employ a force sufficient for the purpose, not to

exceed 20 persons at any one time.'' This provision was practically

superseded by subsequent appropriations for an enlarged force.

Section 1 also contained a provision as to salary of the Chief of

the Bureau and a clerk for said bureau, that has been omitted as

obsolete. The salaries are now fixed under chapter 51 and

subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5, Government Organization

and Employees.

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AMENDMENTS

1928 - Joint Res. Feb. 7, 1928, inserted ''and live poultry''

after ''domestic animals''.

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Section 301 of 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, eff. July 1, 1947, 12

F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952, provided: ''The functions of the following

agencies of the Department of Agriculture, namely, the Bureau of

Animal Industry, the Bureau of Dairy Industry, the Bureau of Plant

Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, the Bureau of

Entomology and Plant Quarantine, the Bureau of Agricultural and

Industrial Chemistry, the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home

Economics, the Office of Experiment Stations, and the Agricultural

Research Center, together with the functions of the Agricultural

Research Administrator, are transferred to the Secretary of

Agriculture and shall be performed by the Secretary or, subject to

his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the

Department of Agriculture as he may designate.'' For provisions

concerning transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see

full text of this Plan, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,

Government Organization and Employees.

The President's message, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,

Government Organization and Employees, transmitting this Reorg.

Plan to Congress pointed out that the Plan would make it possible

to continue the consolidation of the agencies concerned in the

Agricultural Research Administration which was affected on a

temporary wartime basis by Ex. Ord. No. 9069, Feb. 23, 1942, 7 F.R.

1409, and to make further adjustments in the organization of

agricultural research activities.

Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry which were transferred to

Secretary of Agriculture were transferred to Agricultural Research

Service under Secretary's memorandum 1320, supp. 4, of Nov. 2,

1953.

As of July 1, 1927, by order of the Secretary of Agriculture, the

Packers and Stockyards administration was abolished, and the

enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, sections 181

to 229 of this title, put under the control of the chief of the

Bureau of Animal Industry.

Authority formerly granted to Commissioner of Agriculture by

section 1 of act of May 29, 1884, vested in Secretary of

Agriculture by act July 14, 1890. See also sections 2202 and 2205

of this title.

Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry of Agricultural Research

Administration concerned primarily with regulatory activities

consolidated with other agencies into Food Distribution

Administration, which was consolidated into War Food

Administration, which was terminated and its functions transferred

to Secretary of Agriculture, by Ex. Ord. No. 9577.

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Sec. 392. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(11), 65 Stat.

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Section, act Aug. 10, 1912, ch. 284, 37 Stat. 274, related to

sale or exchange of animals not needed.

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Sec. 393. Sale of pathological and zoological specimens;

disposition of moneys

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prepare and sell at

cost such pathological and zoological specimens as he may deem of

scientific or educational value to scientists or others engaged in

the work of hygiene and sanitation: Provided, That all moneys

received from the sale of such specimens shall be deposited in the

Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, Sec. 1 (part), 37 Stat. 833.)

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry transferred to Secretary

of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 301, eff. July 1,

1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952. See note set out under section

391 of this title.

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Sec. 394. Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title X, Sec. 10703(c)(3), May

13, 2002, 116 Stat. 518

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Section, act July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 241, related to

overtime of employees engaged in enforcement of Meat Inspection

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Sec. 394a. Overtime of employees working at establishments which

prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay employees of

the Bureau of Animal Industry employed in establishments subject to

the provisions of section 157 of title 21, for all overtime, night,

or holiday work performed at such establishments, at such rates as

he may determine, and to accept from such establishments wherein

such overtime work is performed reimbursement for any sums paid out

by him for such overtime work.

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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 392, 63 Stat. 495.)

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry transferred to Secretary

of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 301, eff. July 1,

1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952. See note set out under section

391 of this title.

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Sec. 395. Fees for rabies diagnoses; disposition of moneys

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Fees shall be charged for all diagnoses in connection with

rabies, except those performed for agencies of the United States

Government, in such amounts as the Secretary shall prescribe, and

such fees shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous

receipts.

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(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 101(e), 58 Stat. 734.)

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PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the

following prior Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:

June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 433.

July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 401.

July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 674.

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.

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Sec. 396. Inspection of livestock, hides, animal products, etc.;

place; charges; disposition of funds

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The Secretary of Agriculture upon application of any exporter,

importer, packer, or owner of, or the agent thereof, or dealer in,

livestock, hides, skins, meat, or other animal products may, in his

discretion, cause to be made inspections and examinations at places

other than the headquarters of inspectors for the convenience of

said applicants, who may be charged for the expenses of travel and

subsistence incurred for such inspections and examinations, the

funds derived from such charges to be deposited in the Treasury of

the United States to the credit of the appropriation from which the

expenses are paid.

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(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 101(c), 58 Stat. 734.)

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Section was formerly classified to section 228a of this title.

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PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were carried in the

following prior Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:

June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 433.

July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 400.

July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 673.

July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 415.

June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 539.

June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 948.

June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 719.

June 29, 1937, ch. 404, 50 Stat. 403.

June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1429.

APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriations of funds necessary to accomplish the purpose of

this section, see note under section 395 of this title.

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Sec. 397. Omitted

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Section, acts Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title II, Sec. 204(e), 68

Stat. 900; Apr. 2, 1956, ch. 159, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 87, authorized

transfer of Commodity Credit Corporation funds not to exceed

$17,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1956 and not to exceed

$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1957 and 1958 for brucellosis

eradication, indemnification for destroyed cattle and

administrative expenses and authorized appropriations to reimburse

the Commodity Credit Corporation for the expenditures.

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