[CHAPTER 153-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 2906]

AN ACT

To provide a one year's extension of time for the disposition of farm labor camps to public or semipublic agencies or nonprofit associations of farmers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1947 (ch. 413, 61 Stat. 694). is hereby amended by striking out the date "June 30, 1949" wherever it appears therein and substituting in lieu thereof the date "June 30, 1950". Approved May 31, 1949.

[CHAPTER 305-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 3151]

AN ACT

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of any kind of aureomycin, chloramphenicol, and bacitracin, or any derivative thereof.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 502 (1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 21, ch. 9), is amended by deleting the word "or" preceding the word "streptomycin" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and by inserting after the word "streptomycin" the following: “, aureomycin, chloramphenicol, or bacitracin,”.

SEC. 2. (a) The heading of section 507 of such Act, as amended, is amended by deleting the word "OR" preceding the word "STREPTOMYCIN" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and by adding at the end of such heading the following: ", AUREOMYCIN, CHLORAMPHENICOL, OR BACITRACIN".

(b) The first sentence of subsection (a) of such section 507 is amended by deleting the word "or" preceding the word "streptomycin" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and by inserting after the word "streptomycin" the following: ", aureomycin, chloramphenicol, or bacitracin,"

Approved July 13, 1949.

[CHAPTER 696-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 160]

AN ACT

To amend section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 381 (a)), is amended by striking out the period at the end of the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: ", except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the destruction of any such article refused admission unless such article is exported, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, within ninety days of the date of notice. of such refusal or within such additional time as may be permitted pursuant to such regulations."

SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read:

"(b) Pending decision as to the admission of an article being imported or offered for import, the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize delivery of such article to the owner or consignee upon the execution by him of a good and suflicient bond providing for the payment of such liquidated damages in the event of default as may be required pursuant to regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury. If it appears to the Administrator that an article included within the provisions of clause (3) of subsection (a) of this section can, by relabeling or other action, be brought into compliance with the Act or rendered other than a food, drug, device, or cosmetic, final determination as to admission of such article may be deferred and, upon filing of timely written application by the owner or consignee and the execution by him of a bond as provided in the preceding provisions of this subsection, the Administrator may, in accordance with regulations, authorize the applicant to perform such relabeling or other action specified in such authorization (including destruction or export of rejected articles or portions thereof, as may be specified in the Administrator's authorization). All such relabeling or other action pursuant to such authorization shall in accordance with regulations be under the supervision of an officer or employee of the Federal Security Agency designated by the Administrator, or an officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury designated by the Secretary of the Treasury."

SEC. 3. Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read:

"(c) All expenses (including travel, per diem or subsistence, and salaries of officers or employees of the United States) in connection with the destruction provided for in subsection (a) of this section and the supervision of the relabeling or other action authorized under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the amount of such

expenses to be determined in accordance with regulations, and all expenses in connection with the storage, cartage, or labor with respect to any article refused admission under subsection (a) of this section, shall be paid by the owner or consignee and, in default of such payment, shall constitute a lien against any future importations made by such owner or consignee."

Approved October 18, 1949.

[CHAPTER 97-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 5839]

AN ACT

To facilitate and simplify the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of existing law and without regard to section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U. S. C. 255), but within the limitations of cost otherwise applicable, appropriations of the Forest Service may be expended for the erection of buildings, lookout towers, and other structures on land owned by States, counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions, corporations, or individuals: Provided, That prior to such erection there is obtained the right to use the land for the estimated life of or need for the structure, including the right to remove any such structure within a reasonable time after the termination of the right to use the land.

SEC. 2. That so much of the Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 415, 429, 16 U. S. C. 504), as provides: "That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may procure such seed, cones, and nursery stock by open purchase, without advertisements for proposals, whenever in his discretion such method is most economical and in the public interest and when the cost thereof will not exceed $500:", is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the provisions of section 3709, Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5), shall not apply to any purchase by the Forest Service of forest-tree seed or cones or of forage plant seed when the amount involved does not exceed $10,000, nor to any purchase of forest-tree nursery stock when the amount involved does not exceed $500, whenever, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, such method is in the public interest."

SEC. 3. The provisions of section 3709, Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5), shall not apply to purchases by the Forest Service of (1) materials to be tested or upon which experiments are to be made or (2) special devices, test models, or parts thereof, to be used (a) for experimentation to determine their suitability for or adaptability to accomplishment of the work for which designed or (b) in the designing or developing of new equipment: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be expended in any one fiscal year pursuant to this authority and not to exceed $10,000 on any one item or purchase.

SEC. 4. That section 205 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944, approved September 21, 1944 (58 Stat. 736, 16 U. S. C. 579a), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 205. The Forest Service by contract or otherwise may provide for procurement and operation of aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of the national forests, with authority to renew any contract for such purpose annually, not more than twice, without additional advertising."