COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 3476, H. R. 4145, H. R. 5659, H. R. 5689, H. R. 5843, H. R. 5931, H. R. 5948, and H. R. 6019 Page Clarkson, Dr. M. R., Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Elliott, Hon. Carl, Seventh Congressional District of Alabama. Jones, Hon. Robert E., Eighth District, Alabama. Roberts, Hon. Kenneth, a Representative in Congress from the State White, Richard P., executive vice president, American Association of 29 Jacobsen, W. C., Sacramento, Calif., telegrams of March 18, 1957. White, Richard P., executive vice president, letter of March 15, Fuselier, Carroll J., secretary-treasurer, St. Martin Parish Police Lacy, Mrs. Wilfred, secretary-treasurer, Lafayette Parish Police Long, Gov. Earl K., and S. J. McCrory, commissioner of agri- culture, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., telegram of Louisiana Sweet Potato Association, Lafayette, La., resolution St. Landry Parish Cattlemen's Association, resolution of Nov- PLANT PESTS, CONTROL AND ERADICATION MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1957 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RESEARCH AND EXTENSION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., in room 1310, New House Office Building, Hon. Thomas G. Abernethy, presiding. Present: Representatives Abernethy, Grant, Jones, Hagen, Matthews, Bass, Andresen, and Dixon. Also present: Representatives T. Ashton Thompson, of Louisiana, Armistead I. Selden, Jr., of Alabama, Robert L. F. Sikes, of Florida, and Kenneth A. Roberts, of Alabama. Mr. ABERNETHY. The subcommittee is meeting this morning for the purpose of giving consideration to a series of bills: H. R. 3476, by Mr. Abernethy; 4145, by Mr. Thompson, of Louisiana; 5659, by Mr. Grant; 5843, by Mr. Willis; 5931, by Mr. Elliott; 5948, by Mr. Roberts; and 6019, by Mr. Huddleston. There may be other bills related to this subject. If so they will be inserted in the record at this point. (H. R. 3476, H. R. 4145, H. R. 5659, H. R. 5689, H. R. 5843, H. R. 5931, H. R. 5948, and H. R. 6019 are as follows:) [H. R. 3476, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To facilitate the regulation, control, and eradication of plant pests Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-FEDERAL PLANT PEST ACT SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal Plant Pest Act." SEC. 102. As used in this Act, execpt where the context otherwise requires: (a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States ör any other person to whom authority may be delegated to act in his stead. (b) "Properly identified employee of the Department of Agriculture" means an employee of that Department authorized to enforce the provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act, and wearing a suitable badge for identification, or otherwise properly identified. (c) "Plant pest" means any living stage of: Any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances, which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any processed, manufactured, or other products of plants. (d) "Living stage" includes the egg, pupal, and larval stages as well as any other living stage. (e) "United States" means any of the States, Territories, or Districts (including possessions and the District of Columbia) of the United States. |