Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§393 Sale of Pathological and Zoological Specimens; Disposition of Moneys
Title 7 › Chapter 15— BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › § 393
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can prepare and sell disease-related and animal specimens that are useful for science or education to scientists and others working in hygiene and sanitation, charging only the cost of making them. All money from those sales must be turned over to the U.S. Treasury and recorded as miscellaneous receipts.
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Title 7, §393
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prepare and sell at cost such pathological and zoological specimens as he may deem of scientific or educational value to scientists or others engaged in the work of hygiene and sanitation: Provided, That all moneys received from the sale of such specimens shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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Transfer of Functions
Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 301, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952. See note set out under section 391 of this title.
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7 U.S.C. § 393
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60