84 STAT. 202 Appropriation. United States, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, contrary to the conditions prescribed by the Secretary in regulations issued hereunder. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved May 6, 1970. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-776 accompanying H. R. 11832 (Comm. on Agriculture). Jan. 30, considered and passed Senate. Mar. 4, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11832. Apr. 23, House agreed to Senate amendment. 91st Congress, H. R. 5554 June 30, 1970 An Act To provide a special milk program for children. 84 STAT. 336 Child Nutrition amendment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for each succeeding fiscal year, not to exceed $120,000,000, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, under such rules and regulations as he may deem in the public interest, to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children in the United States in (1) nonprofit schools of high school grade and under, and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child-care centers, settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted to the care and training of children. For the purposes of this section 'United States' means the "United States." fifty States, Guam, and the District of Columbia. The Secretary shall administer the special milk program provided for by this section to the maximum extent practicable in the same manner as he administered the special milk program provided for by Public Law 89–642, as amended, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969.” [Note by the Office of the Federal Register.-The foregoing Act, having been presented to the President of the United States on Wednesday, June 17, 1970, for his approval and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval on June 30, 1970.] LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-110 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 91-842 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry). Vol. 115 (1969): May 6, considered and passed House. Vol. 116 (1970): May 11, considered and passed Senate, amended. 91st Congress, S. 3592 An Act To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, to clarify the provisions relating to custom slaughtering operations. 81 Stat. 591. 21 USC 623. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Federal Meat Meat Inspection Act (34 Stat. 1260, as amended by the Wholesome Inspection Act, Meat Act, 81 Stat. 584), is hereby amended by deleting the proviso amendment. from paragraph (a) of section 23 of the Act, and the colon preceding said proviso, and substituting therefor the following: "; nor to the custom preparation by any person, firm, or corporation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products, derived from the slaughter by any person of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats of his own raising, or from game animals, delivered by the owner thereof for such custom preparation, and transportation in commerce of such custom prepared articles, exclusively for use in the household of such owner, by him and 84 STAT, 438 members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees: 84 STAT. 439 Provided, That in cases where such person, firm, or corporation engages in such custom operations at an establishment at which inspection under this title is maintained, the Secretary may exempt from such inspection at such establishment any animals slaughtered or any meat or meat food products otherwise prepared on such custom basis: Provided further. That custom operations at any establishment shall be exempt from inspection requirements as provided by this section only if the establishment complies with regulations which the Secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate to assure that any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products wherever handled on a custom basis, or any containers or packages containing such articles, are separated at all times from carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products prepared for sale, and that all such articles prepared on a custom basis, or any containers or packages containing such articles, are plainly marked 'Not for Sale' immediately after being prepared and kept so identified until delivered to the owner and that the establishment conducting the custom operation is maintained and operated in a sanitary manner." Approved July 18, 1970. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1221 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 91-915 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry). June 5, considered and passed Senate. July 6, considered and passed House. 91st Congress, S. 3070 An Act To encourage the development of novel varieties of sexually reproduced plants Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 84 STAT. 1542 Plant Variety INDEX Section TITLE I-Plant Variety Protection Office_- TITLE II-Protectability of Plant Varieties and Certificates of Protection_ 1 41 101 TITLE I-PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE Chapter 1. Organization and Publications--. 2. Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office- 3. Plant Variety Protection Fees---- Section 1 21 31 Chapter 1.-ORGANIZATION AND PUBLICATIONS Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture a Sec. 2. Seal. The Plant Variety Protection Office shall have a seal with which Sec. 3. Organization. The organization of the Plant Variety Protection Office shall, except Sec. 4. Restrictions on Employees as to Interest in Plant Variety Employees of the Plant Variety Protection Office shall be ineligible Sec. 5. Bond of Employees. Such employees as the Secretary designates, before entering upon offices. Sec. 6. Regulations. The Secretary may establish regulations, not inconsistent with law, 84 STAT. 1543 Sec. 7. Plant Variety Protection Board. (a) APPOINTMENT.-The Secretary shall appoint a Plant Variety Protection Board. The Board shall consist of individuals who are experts in various areas of varietal development covered by this Act. Membership of the Board shall include farmer representation and shall be drawn approximately equally from the private or seed industry sector and from the sector of government or the public. The Secretary or his designee shall act as chairman of the Board without voting rights except in the case of ties. (b) FUNCTIONS OF BOARD.-The functions of the Plant Variety Protection Board shall include: (1) Advising the Secretary concerning the adoption of Rules and Regulations to facilitate the proper administration of this Act; (2) Making advisory decisions on all appeals from the examiner. The Board shall determine whether to act as a full Board or by panels it selects; and whether to review advisory decisions made by a panel. For service on such appeals, the Board may select, as temporary members, experts in the area to which the particular appeal relates; and (3) Advising the Secretary on all questions under section 44. (c) COMPENSATION OF BOARD.-The members of the Plant Variety Protection Board shall serve without compensation except for standard government reimbursable expenses. Sec. 8. Library. The Secretary shall maintain a library of scientific and other works and periodicals, both foreign and domestic, in the Plant Variety Protection Office to aid the officers in the discharge of their duties. Sec. 9. Register of Protected Plant Varieties. The Secretary shall maintain a register of published specifications of United States protected plant varieties and a file of such other scientific and technical information as may be necessary or practicable. Sec. 10. Publications. (a) The Secretary may publish, or cause to be published, in such format as he shall determine to be suitable, the following: (1) The specifications for plant variety protection including drawings and photographs. (2) The Official Journal of the Plant Variety Protection Office, including annual indices. (3) Pamphlet copies of the plant variety protection laws and rules of practice and circulars or other publications relating to the business of the Office. (b) The Plant Variety Protection Office may print the heading of the drawings or photographs for protected plant varieties for the purpose of photolithography and may provide suitable copy for any lithoghaphy to appear on the same page. (c) The Secretary may (1) establish public facilities for the searching of plant variety protection records and materials, and (2) from time to time, as through an information service, disseminate to the public those portions of the technological and other public information available to or within the Plant Variety Protection Office to encourage innovation and promote the progress of the useful arts. (d) The Secretary may exchange any of the publications specified for publications desirable for the use of the Plant Variety Protection Office. The Secretary may exchange copies of specifications, drawings, and photographs of United States protected plant varieties for copies 55-000 O-71-52 |