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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 33

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

DECEMBER 18, 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and

Public Works

AN ACT

To transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory in

Stuttgart, Arkansas, to the Department of Agriculture,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stuttgart National

5 Aquaculture Research Center Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF

2 AGRICULTURE.

3 (a) TITLE OF PUBLIC LAW 85–342.—The title of

4 Public Law 85–342 (16 U.S.C. 778 et seq.) is amended

5 by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec6 retary of Agriculture’’.

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The first section of Public

8 Law 85–342 (16 U.S.C. 778) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and

10 all that follows through ‘‘directed’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and di12 rected’’;

13 (2) by striking ‘‘station and stations’’ and in14 serting ‘‘1 or more centers’’; and

15 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Department

16 of Agriculture’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Inte17 rior’’.

18 (c) AUTHORITY.—Section 2 of Public Law 85–342

19 (16 U.S.C. 778a) is amended by striking ‘‘, the Secretary’’

20 and all that follows through ‘‘authorized’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized’’.

22 (d) ASSISTANCE.—Section 3 of Public Law 85–342

23 (16 U.S.C. 778b) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘Department of Agriculture’’

2 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’.

3 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FISH FARMING EXPERIMENTAL LAB4 ORATORY TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRI5 CULTURE.

6 (a) DESIGNATION OF STUTTGART NATIONAL AQUA7 CULTURE RESEARCH CENTER.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Fish Farming Experi9 mental Laboratory in Stuttgart, Arkansas, shall be

10 known and designated as the ‘‘Stuttgart National

11 Aquaculture Research Center’’.

12 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law,

13 map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of

14 the United States to the laboratory referred to in

15 paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the

16 ‘‘Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center’’.

17 (b) TRANSFER OF LABORATORY TO THE DEPART18 MENT OF AGRICULTURE.—Subject to section 1531 of title

19 31, United States Code, not later than 90 days after the

20 date of enactment of this Act, there are transferred to the

21 Department of Agriculture—

22 (1) the personnel employed in connection with

23 the laboratory referred to in subsection (a);

24 (2) the assets, liabilities, contracts, and real

25 and personal property of the laboratory;
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1 (3) the records of the laboratory; and

2 (4) the unexpended balance of appropriations,

3 authorizations, allocations and other funds em4 ployed, held, arising from, available to, or to be

5 made available in connection with the laboratory.

Passed the House of Representatives December 18

(legislative day, December 15), 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.