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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 185

To transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory in Stuttgart,

Arkansas, to the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 9, 1995

Mr. BUMPERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF

7 AGRICULTURE.

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

9 Public Law 85–342 (16 U.S.C. 778 et seq.) is amended
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1 by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec2 retary of Agriculture’’.

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

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

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

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

7 ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and di8 rected’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘station and stations’’ and in10 serting ‘‘1 or more centers’’; and

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

12 of Agriculture’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Inte13 rior’’.

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

15 (16 U.S.C. 778a) is amended by striking ‘‘, the Secretary’’

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

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

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

19 (16 U.S.C. 778b) is amended—

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

21 inserting ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’; and

22 (2) by striking ‘‘Department of Agriculture’’

23 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’.
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1 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FISH FARMING EXPERIMENTAL LAB2 ORATORY TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRI3 CULTURE.

4 (a) DESIGNATION OF STUTTGART NATIONAL AQUA5 CULTURE RESEARCH CENTER.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Fish Farming Experi7 mental Laboratory in Stuttgart, Arkansas, shall be

8 known and designated as the ‘‘Stuttgart National

9 Aquaculture Research Center’’.

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

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

12 the United States to the laboratory referred to in

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

14 ‘‘Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center’’.

15 (b) TRANSFER OF LABORATORY TO THE DEPART16 MENT OF AGRICULTURE.—Subject to section 1531 of title

17 31, United States Code, not later than 90 days after the

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

19 Department of Agriculture—

20 (1) the personnel employed in connection with

21 the laboratory referred to in subsection (a);

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

23 and personal property of the laboratory;

24 (3) the records of the laboratory; and

25 (4) the unexpended balance of appropriations,

26 authorizations, allocations and other funds em-
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1 ployed, held, arising from, available to, or to be

2 made available in connection with the laboratory.

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