Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§283 Propagation of Stock and Release of Germ Plasm
Title 7 › Chapter 11— HONEYBEES › § 283
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can raise bees to produce breeding stock and can share bee genetic material (germ plasm) with the public.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §283
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and may release bee germ plasm to the public.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 31, 1922, which comprises this chapter. Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:
June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 439.
July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 407.
Amendments
1981—Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “and may release bee germ plasm to the public”. 1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out provisions relating to sale of surplus bee-breeding stock, and the fixing of rates and disposition of proceeds in connection therewith.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective on Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 4301 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
7 U.S.C. § 283
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60