[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1901 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1901

     To require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations 
  authorizing the purchase and eradication of swine infected with or 
            exposed to brucellosis, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              March 8 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

  Mr. Helms (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Faircloth, and Mr. Grassley) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations 
  authorizing the purchase and eradication of swine infected with or 
            exposed to brucellosis, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURCHASE AND ERADICATION OF SWINE INFECTED WITH BRUCELLOSIS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations that 
authorize the Secretary to purchase and eradicate swine infected with 
or exposed to brucellosis in accordance with section 11 of the Act of 
May 29, 1884 (21 U.S.C. 114a).
    (b) Implementation.--Section 102 of Public Law 99-198 shall apply 
to the issuance of regulations under subsection (a).

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