SEC. 8. Clause (b) of section 201(c) of said Act (53 Stat. 1280; 7 U.S.C. 1571(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(b) a longer period for any kind of agricultural or vegetable seed which is packaged in such container materials and under such other conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture as he finds will, during such longer period, maintain the viability of said seed under ordinary conditions of handling." SEC. 9. Section 201 (i) (4) of said Act (72 Stat. 477; 7 U.S.C. 1571 (i) (4)) is amended to read as follows: "(4) A description, approved by the Secretary of Agriculture as adequate for the protection of the public, of any process used in such treatment." SEC. 10. Section 201 of said Act (53 Stat. 1279; 7 U.S.C. 1571) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (j) to read as follows: 80 STAT. 977 seed mixtures. "(j) Any agricultural seed mixtures intended for lawn and turf Lawn and turf seed purposes, in containers of fifty pounds or less, unless each container thereof bears a label giving the following information and statements in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act: "(1) The headings 'Fine-textured Grasses' and 'Coarse Kinds', and specified in tabular form thereunder in type no larger than the headings, for each lawn and turf seed component present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole or named on the label: "(i) the name of the kind, or kind and variety, "(ii) the percentage by weight of each, in order of its predominance under the appropriate heading required above, "(iii) the percentage of germination of each, exclusive of hard seed, "(iv) the percentage of hard seed, if present, and "(v) the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages. "(2) The heading 'Other Ingredients', and specified thereunder in type no larger than the heading the following information: "(A) Percentage by weight of weed seeds, including noxiousweed seeds; "(B) Percentage by weight of agricultural seeds other than those included under paragraph (1) of this subsection; "(C) Percentage by weight of inert matter. "(3) The following additional information: (A) Lot number or other identification; 7 USC 1592. "B) Kinds of noxious-weed seeds and the rate of occurrence of each, which rate shall be expressed in accordance with and shall not exceed the rate allowed for shipment, movement, or sale of such noxious-weed seeds by the law and regulations of the State into which the seed is offered for transportation or transported, or in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, when under the provisions of section 101 (a) (9) (A) (iii) he shall determine that weeds other than those desig- 7 USC 1561. nated by State requirements are noxious; "(C) Name and address of "(i) the person who transports, or delivers for transportation, said seed in interstate commerce, or "(ii) the person to whom the seed is sold or shipped for resale, together with a code designation approved by the Secre 80 STAT. 978 7 USC 1592. Unidentified seeds. Ante, p. 975. Treatment substance. 7 USC 1571. Importation prohibitions. tary of Agriculture under rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act, indicating the person who transports or delivers for transportation said seed in interstate commerce." SEC. 11. Section 202 of said Act (53 Stat. 1281, 72 Stat. 477; 7 U.S.C. 1572) is amended by inserting the word "treatment" followed by a comma immediately preceding the word "germination" wherever said word appears in said section. SEC. 12. (a) Section 203 (d) of said Act (53 Stat. 1282; 7 U.S.C. 1573 (d)) is amended to read as follows: "(d) The provisions of sections 201 (a) and (b) relative to the labeling of agricultural and vegetable seeds with the percentages of the kind or kind and variety of seeds shall not be deemed violated if there are seeds in the container or bulk which could not be, or were not, identified because of their indistinguishability in appearance from the seeds intended to be transported or delivered for transportation in interstate commerce: Provided, That the records of the person charged with the duty under said section of labeling or invoicing the seeds, kept in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, together with other pertinent facts, disclose that said person has taken reasonable precautions to insure the identity of the seeds to be that stated. (b) Section 203 of said Act is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (e) reading as follows: "(e) The provisions of section 201 (i) relative to the labeling of agricultural and vegetable seeds with the name of any substance used in the treatment of seeds shall not be deemed violated if the substance or substances used in such treatment could not be or were not identified because of their indistinguishability from the substance or substances intended to be used in the treatment of the seeds: Provided, That the records of the person charged with the duty under said section of labeling or invoicing the seeds, kept in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, together with other pertinent facts, disclosed that said person has taken reasonable precautions to insure the identity of the substance or substances to be as stated." SEC. 13. Section 301(a)(4) of said Act (72 Stat. 478; 7 U.S.C. 1581 (a) (4)) is amended to read as follows: "(4) any seed containing 10 per centum or more of any agricultural or vegetable seeds, unless the invoice pertaining to such seed and any other labeling of such seed bear a lot identification and the name of each kind and variety of vegetable seed present in any amount and each kind or kind and variety of agricultural seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole, and unless in the case of hybrid seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole it is designated as hybrid." SEC. 14. Section 301 (a) of said Act (53 Stat. 1282; 7 U.S.C. 1581(a)) is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (5) to read as follows: “(5) any agricultural seeds or any mixture thereof, or any vegetable seeds or any mixture thereof, for seeding purposes, that have been treated, unless each container thereof bears a label giving the following information and statements in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act: "(A) A word or statement indicating that the seeds have been treated; "(B) The commonly accepted coined, chemical (generic), or abbreviated chemical name of any substance used in such treatment; "(C) If the substance used in such treatment in the amount re maining with the seeds is harmful to humans or other vertebrate 80 STAT. 978 animals, an appropriate caution statement approved by the Sec- 80 STAT. 979 retary of Agriculture as adequate for the protection of the public, such as 'Do not use for food or feed or oil purposes': Provided, That the caution statement for mercurials and similarly toxic substances, as defined in said rules and regulations, shall be a representation of a skull and crossbones and a statement such as 'This seed has been treated with POISON', in red letters on a background of distinctly contrasting color; and 66 "(D) A description, approved by the Secretary of Agriculture as adequate for the protection of the public, of any process used in such treatment." SEC. 15. Section 302(a) of said Act (53 Stat. 1283, 72 Stat. 478; 7 U.S.C. 1582(a)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following sentence: "The Secretary of Agriculture may apply statistical sampling and inspection techniques to said samples and screenings to determine whether the pure-live seed requirement of any kind of seed is being met, in which case, he shall advise the importer of each lot of seed not examined for pure-live seed percentage." SEC. 16. Section 302 (d) of the Act (72 Stat. 479; 7 U.S.C. 1582 (d)) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (3) reading as follows: Importation procedures. "(3) when seed not meeting the pure-live seed requirements of section 304 of this title will not be sold within the United States and will be used for seed production only by or for the importer or consignee: Provided, That the importer of record or consignee files a statement in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act certifying 7 USC 1592. that such seed will be used only for seed production by or for the importer or consignee." SEC. 17. Section 302 of said Act (53 Stat. 1283, 72 Stat. 479, 7 U.S.C. 1582) is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (e) reading as follows: The (e) The provisions of this title requiring certain seeds to be stained shall not apply when such seed will not be sold within the United States and will be used for seed production only by or for the importer or consignee: Provided, That the importer of record or consignee files a statement in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act certifying that such seed will be used only for seed production by or for the importer or consignee." SEC. 18. Section 304 of said Act (53 Stat. 1284, 7 U.Š.C. 1584) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 304. Seed subject to the provisions of section 301 is unfit for seeding purposes: (a) if any such seed contains noxious-weed seeds, or (b) if any such seed contains more than 2 per centum by weight of weed seeds, or (c) if any such seed contains less than 75 per centum of pure-live seed, or if any component of such seed present to the extent of 10 per centum or more contains less than 75 per centum of live seed: Provided, That when the Secretary of Agriculture shall find Seed unfit purposes. 80 STAT. 979 that any such seed or any kind of seed present to the extent of 10 per centum or more cannot be produced to contain 75 per centum of purelive seed, he may set up such standards from time to time for pure-live seed as he finds can be produced and seed conforming to such standards shail not be deemed to be unfit for seeding purposes.' SEC. 19. Section 101 (a) (4) of said Act (53 Stat. 1275, 7 U.S.C. 1561 (a) (4)) is amended by inserting the word "treatment," before the word "variety". Approved October 15, 1966. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 2042 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 1632 (Comm. on Agriculture & Forestry). Sept. 19: Considered and passed House. Sept. 26: Considered and passed Senate, amended. 89th Congress, H. R. 12360 An Act To permit the sale of grain storage facilities to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations. 80 STAT. 1307 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4(h) Grain storage of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended, is facilities, amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the follow- Sale. ing: ": Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 62 Stat. 1071. where a grain storage facility owned by the Corporation is not needed 15 USC 714b. by the Corporation and, upon being offered for sale no person offers to pay the minimum price set by the Corporation for such facility for use in connection with storage or handling of agricultural commodities, then the Corporation may, without declaring such facility to be excess property, sell it by bids at not less than such minimum price to any public or private nonprofit agency or organization for use for the purposes of such agency or organization. This provision shall apply also to facilities which on the effective date of this Act have been declared excess to the needs of the Commodity Credit Corporation but have not been claimed by any other Government agency, or surplus to the needs of the Government but not disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. Approved November 5, 1966. 63 Stat. 377. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1974 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 1835 (Comm. on Agriculture & Forestry). Oct. 3: Considered and passed House. |