7 U.S.C. § 91 — Short title

Page 199 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 93 (1) establish uniform standards for testing equipment; and (2) establish uniform testing procedures and sampling techniques; that may be used by processors, refiners, opera- tors of grain elevators and terminals, and others to accurately detect the level of aflatoxin con- tamination of corn in the United States. (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 22, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XX, § 2009, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3931; amended Pub. L. 103–156, §§ 11, 13(b)(2), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1528, 1529; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 293(a)(7), (8), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’ and was translated as reading ‘‘this part’’, meaning part B of act Aug. 11, 1916, known as the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the prob- able intent of Congress. AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted ‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Ad- ministrator’’ wherever appearing and ‘‘Secretary’’ for ‘‘Service’’ in subsec. (c). 1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–156, § 11, substituted ‘‘, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, or other appropriate governmental, scientific, or tech- nical organizations’’ for ‘‘and the National Conference on Weights and Measures’’ in introductory provisions. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–156, § 13(b)(2), substituted ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’ for ‘‘subsection (a) and (b)’’. CHAPTER 4—NAVAL STORES Sec. 91. Short title. 92. Definitions. 93. Establishment of official naval stores stand- ards. 94. Supplying duplicates of standards; examina- tion, etc., of naval stores and certification thereof. 95. Prohibition of acts deemed injurious to com- merce in naval stores. 96. Punishment for violation of prohibition. 97. Purchase and analysis by Secretary of sam- ples of spirits of turpentine to detect viola- tions; reports to Department of Justice; publication of results of analysis, etc. 98. Fees and charges for naval stores inspection and related services; establishment; collec- tion, etc.; authorization of appropriations; administrative expenses. 99. Separability. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, eff. Mar. 12, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1. The Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated the Secretary and De- partment of Health and Human Services by section 3508 of Title 20, Education. The Food and Drug Administration in the Depart- ment of Agriculture and its functions, except those functions relating to the administration of the Naval Stores Act, this chapter, were transferred to the Fed- eral Security Agency by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 12, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organi- zation and Employees. § 91. Short title For convenience of reference, this chapter may be designated and cited as ‘‘The Naval Stores Act.’’ (Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 217, § 1, 42 Stat. 1435.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Act Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 217, § 10, 42 Stat. 1437, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting this chapter] shall become ef- fective at the expiration of ninety days next after the date of its approval [Mar. 23, 1923].’’ § 92. Definitions When used in this chapter— (a) ‘‘Naval stores’’ means spirits of turpentine and rosin. (b) ‘‘Spirits of turpentine’’ includes gum spir- its of turpentine and wood turpentine. (c) ‘‘Gum spirits of turpentine’’ means spirits of turpentine made from gum (oleoresin) from a living tree. (d) ‘‘Wood turpentine’’ includes steam distilled wood turpentine and destructively distilled wood turpentine. (e) ‘‘Steam distilled wood turpentine’’ means wood turpentine distilled with steam from the oleoresin within or extracted from the wood. (f) ‘‘Destructively distilled wood turpentine’’ means wood turpentine obtained in the destruc- tive distillation of the wood. (g) ‘‘Rosin’’ includes gum rosin and wood rosin. (h) ‘‘Gum rosin’’ means rosin remaining after the distillation of gum spirits of turpentine. (i) ‘‘Wood rosin’’ means rosin remaining after the distillation of steam distilled wood turpen- tine. (j) ‘‘Package’’ means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, tank, tank car, or other receptacle. (k) ‘‘Person’’ includes partnerships, associa- tions, and corporations, as well as individuals. (l) The term ‘‘commerce’’ means commerce be- tween any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside there- of; or within any Territory or possession or the District of Columbia. (Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 217, § 2, 42 Stat. 1435.) § 93. Establishment of official naval stores stand- ards For the purposes of this chapter the kinds of spirits of turpentine defined in subdivisions (c), (e), and (f) of section 92 of this title and the rosin types heretofore prepared and rec- ommended under existing laws, by or under au- thority of the Secretary of Agriculture, are made the standards for naval stores until other- wise prescribed as hereinafter provided. The Sec-