Chapter 495 - 2d Session AN ACT All 70 Stat. 486. To amend the Act entitled "An Act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids", title 21, United States Code, section 321c. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law Dry milk 244, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, approved March 2, solids. 1944, title 21, United States Code, section 321c, entitled "An Act to 58 Stat. 108. fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids" is amended to read as follows: "That for the purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 26, 1938 (ch. 675, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1040), nonfat dry milk is the product resulting from 21 USC 301. the removal of fat and water from milk, and contains the lactose, milk proteins, and milk minerals in the same relative proportions as in the fresh milk from which made. It contains not over 5 per centum by weight of moisture. The fat content is not over 11⁄2 per centum by weight unless otherwise indicated. "The term 'milk', when used herein, means sweet milk of cows." Approved July 2, 1956. "Milk". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 406 of the Federal Seed Act (7 U. S. C. 1596) is amended to read as 53 Stat. 1286. follows: "(a) Any person who knowingly, or as a result either of gross negligence or of a failure to make a reasonable effort to inform himself of the pertinent facts, violates any provision of this Act or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not more than $1,000, for the first offense, and upon conviction for each subsequent offense not more than $2,000." "(b) Any person who violates any provision of this Act or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder shall forfeit to the United States a sum, not less than $25 or more than $500, for each such violation, which forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit brought in the name of the United States." Penalties. SEC. 2. Section 204 of the Federal Seed Act (7 U. S. C. 1574) is 53 Stat. 1282. amended to read as follows: "SEC. 204. The use of a disclaimer or nonwarranty clause in any Disclaimers invoice, advertising, labeling, or written, printed, or graphic matter, and nonwarranties, pertaining to any seed shall not constitute a defense, or be used as a defense in any way, in any prosecution or other proceeding brought under the provisions of this Act, or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder." SEC. 3. Section 412 of the Federal Seed Act (7 U. S. C. 1602) is 53 Stat. 1288. amended to read as follows: "SEC. 412. The institution of any one of the proceedings provided Separability for in sections 405, 406, 409, 410, and 411 shall not bar institution of of proceedings. any of the others, except that action shall not be instituted under both subsections 406 (a) and (b) for the same cause of action. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to recommend prosecution, or institution of civil penalty proceedings, libel proceedings, cease-and-desist proceedings, or proceedings for the enforcement of a cease-and-desist order, for minor violations of this Act or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by suitable written notice or warning." SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act shall be applicable only with respect to violations occurring after the enactment of this Act. Approved July 9, 1956. To amend section 402 (c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with respect to the coloring of oranges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (c) Oranges. of section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as 52 Stat. 1046. amended, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at 21 USC 342. the end thereof a colon and the following: "Provided further, That this paragraph shall not apply to oranges meeting minimum maturity standards established by or under the laws of the States in which the oranges were grown and not intended for processing (other than 70 Stat. 512. oranges designated by the trade as 'packing house elimination'), the 70 Stat. 513. skins of which have been colored at any time prior to March 1, 1959, with the coal-tar color certified prior to the enactment of this proviso as F. D. & C. Red 32, or certified after such enactment as External D. & C. Red 14 in accordance with section 21, Code of Federal Regula- 21 CFR Part 9. tions, part 9: And provided further, That the preceding proviso shall have no further effect if prior to March 1, 1959, another coal-tar color suitable for coloring oranges is listed under section 406". Approved July 9, 1956. 21 USC 346. Chapter 565 - 2d Session , H. R. 8385 AN ACT To transfer certain responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior to the Public Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Puerto Rico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the authority, Interior. functions, obligations, and documents relating to Puerto Rican hur- Transfer of rericane relief loans to individual coffee planters, coconut planters, sponsibilities fruitgrowers, or other agriculturists (45 Stat. 1067, and 45 Stat. 1627, relating to as modified by 49 Stat. 926 and 49 Stat. 928), heretofore transferred to the Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, pursuant to the public resolution of June 3, 1935 (49 Stat. 320), and to the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1262), are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture. The authority of the Secre tary of Agriculture described in the Act of December 20, 1944, and 58 Stat. 836. in section 41 (g) of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 12 USC 1150 et seq. amended (7 U. S. C., sec. 1015 (g)), is hereby extended, as additional 50 Stat. 529. authority, to apply to the obligations and documents transferred by this section. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to sell to Sale of oblithe Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the obligations and documents gations, Puerto transferred to him by section 1 hereof, for such consideration as may be consistent with the purposes of the resolution of Congress creating the Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Commission. Rioo. SEC. 3. There are hereby transferred to the Public Housing Com- Falansterio missioner all right, title, and interest, including contractual rights and Apartments. reversionary interests, held by the Federal Government in and with respect to the apartment development in San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as the Falansterio Apartments, heretofore administered by the Secre 70 Stat. 525. tary of the Interior. All of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of Public Housing SEC. 4. The Public Housing Commissioner is hereby authorized to sell to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for such consideration mutually agreeable, the rights, title, and interest transferred to him by Section 3 hereof with respect to the Falansterio Apartments, and to transfer to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the powers, duties, and responsibilities under the private sales contract executed on July 1, 1948, mentioned in Section 3 hereof. SEC. 5. Any funds collected by the Secretary of Agriculture under Funds for adsections 1 and 2 hereof, may be credited to appropriations current at ministration. the time such funds are received, to the extent necessary to reimburse such appropriation for expenditures required in the administration of this Act. Confirmation of deeds. All 70 Stat. 526. Effective date. SEC. 6. All deeds pertaining to property of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration executed by the Secretary of the Interior or his designees subsequent to February 15, 1955, are hereby confirmed. SEO. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved July 11, 1956. |