Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 151 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 151 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, Sec. 1 [part], 37 Stat. 832; Pub. L. 99-
198, title XVII, Sec. 1768(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1654.)
CODIFICATION
The sections of this chapter are comprised of the sentences of
the eighth paragraph under the heading "Bureau of Animal Industry,"
in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1914, as
amended.
Another section 1768 of Pub. L. 99-198, cited as a credit to this
section, amended section 136y of Title 7, Agriculture.
AMENDMENTS
1985 - Pub. L. 99-198 substituted "in or from the United States,
the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, or
any place under the jurisdiction of the United States" for "from
one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other
State or Territory or the District of Columbia".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT
Section 1768(f) of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that:
"(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by
this section [enacting sections 154a and 159 of this title and
amending this section and sections 154 and 157 of this title] shall
become effective on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23,
1985].
"(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) through (D), in the case of
a person, firm, or corporation preparing, selling, bartering,
exchanging, or shipping a virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product
during the 12-month period ending on the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 23, 1985] solely for intrastate commerce or for
exportation, such product shall not after such date of enactment,
as a result of its not having been licensed or produced in a
licensed establishment, be considered in violation of the eighth
paragraph of the matter under the heading 'BUREAU OF ANIMAL
INDUSTRY' of the Act entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the
Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen', approved March 14, 1913
(as amended by this section) [this chapter], until the first day of
the 49th month following the date of enactment of this Act.
"(B) The exemption granted by subparagraph (A) may be extended by
the Secretary of Agriculture for a period up to 12 months in an
individual case on a showing by a person, firm, or corporation of
good cause and a good faith effort to comply with such eighth
paragraph with due diligence.
"(C) The exemption granted by subparagraph (A) must be claimed by
the person, firm, or corporation preparing such product by the
first day of the 13th month following the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 23, 1985], in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary, unless the Secretary grants an extension of the time to
claim such exemption in an individual case for good cause shown.
"(D) On the issuance by the Secretary of a license to such
person, firm, or corporation for such product prior to the first
day of the 49th month following the date of enactment of this Act
[Dec. 23, 1985], or the end of an extension of the exemption
granted by the Secretary, the exemption granted by subparagraph (A)
shall terminate with respect to such product."
SHORT TITLE
Act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, Sec. 1 [part], 37 Stat. 832, which is
classified to this chapter, is popularly known as the "Virus-Serum-
Toxin Act".
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of the Secretary of Agriculture
relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities
under this chapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for
treatment of related references, see sections 231, 551(d), 552(d),
and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as
modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
APPROPRIATIONS
An appropriation of $25,000 was made by act Mar. 4, 1913, for the
purpose of carrying into effect these provisions. The appropriation
for the fiscal year 1926 was by act Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43
Stat. 827.