[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 516 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 516

 To transfer responsibility for the aquaculture research program under 
 Public Law 85-342 from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary 
                of Agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 7 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

Mr. Heflin (for himself and Mr. Shelby) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer responsibility for the aquaculture research program under 
 Public Law 85-342 from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary 
                of Agriculture, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Aquaculture Research Center 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

    (a) Title of Public Law 85-342.--The title of Public Law 85-342 (72 
Stat. 35; 16 U.S.C. 778 et seq.) is amended by striking ``Secretary of 
the Interior'' and inserting ``Secretary of Agriculture''.
    (b) Authorization.--The first section of Public Law 85-342 (16 
U.S.C. 778) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary of the Interior'' and all that 
        follows through ``directed'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall'';
            (2) by striking ``station or stations'' and inserting ``1 
        or more centers''; and
            (3) in paragraph (5) by striking ``Department of 
        Agriculture'' and inserting ``Secretary of the Interior''.
    (c) Authority.--Section 2 of Public Law 85-342 (16 U.S.C. 778a) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``, the Secretary'' and all that follows 
        through ``is authorized (1) to'' and inserting ``, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture may (1)''.
            (2) by striking ``to cooperate'' and inserting 
        ``cooperate''; and
            (3) by striking ``to make'' and inserting ``make''.
    (d) Assistance.--Section 3 of Public Law 85-342 (16 U.S.C. 778b) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary of the Interior'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of Agriculture''; and
            (2) by striking ``Department of Agriculture'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the Interior''.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FISH CULTURE LABORATORY.

    (a) Designation of Southeastern National Aquaculture Research 
Center.--
            (1) In general.--The Southeastern Fish Culture Laboratory 
        in Marion, Alabama, shall be known and designated as the 
        ``Claude Harris National Aquaculture Research Center''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
        document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
        laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be a 
        reference to the Marion National Aquaculture Research Center.
    (b) Transfer of Laboratory to the Department of Agriculture.--
Subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States Code, not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, there are transferred 
to the Department of Agriculture--
            (1) the personnel employed in connection with the 
        laboratory referred to in subsection (a);
            (2) the assets, liabilities, contracts, and real and 
        personal property of the laboratory;
            (3) the records of the laboratory; and
            (4) the unexpended balance of appropriations, 
        authorizations, allocations and other funds employed, held, 
        arising from, available to, or to be made available in 
        connection with the laboratory.
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