An Act to promote the foreign trade of the United States in grapes and plums; to protect the reputation of American-grown grapes and plums in foreign markets, to prevent deception or misrepresentation as to the quality of such products moving in foreign commerce, to provide for the commercial inspection of such products entering such commerce, and for other purposes
PL 86-687 (S.1857), enacted 09/02/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-687-SEPT. 2, 1960 
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September 2, 1960 
[S. 1857] 
Public Law 86-687 
AN ACT 
To promote the foreign trade of the United States in grapes and plums, to protect 
the reputation of American-grown grapes and plums in foreign markets, to 
prevent deception or misrepresentation as to the quality of such products 
moving in foreign commerce, to provide for the commercial inspection of such 
products entering such commerce, and for other purposes. 
Foreign trade in 
grapes and plums, 
promotion. 
port. 
Notice, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Uriited States of America in Congress assembled^ That it shall be un-
lawful for any person to ship or offer for shipment or for any carrier, 
or any steamship company, or any person to transport or receive for 
transportation to any foreign destination, except as provided in this 
Act, any grapes or plums in packages which are not accompanied by 
a certificate issued under authority of the Secretary showing that 
such grapes or plums are of a Federal or State grade which meets the 
minimum of quality established by the Secretary for shipment in 
export. 
The Secretary is authorized to prescribe, by regulations, the 
requirements, other than those of grades, which the fruit must meet 
before certificates are issued. 
The Secretary shall provide oppor-
tunity, by public hearing or otherwise, for interested persons to ex-
amine and make recommendation with respect to any standard of 
export proposed to be established or designated, or regulation pre-
scribed, by the Secretary for the purposes of this Act. 
standards of ex- 
g^c. 2. The Secretary shall give reasonable notice through one or 
more trade papers of the effective date of standards of export 
established or designated by him under this Act: Provided^ That any 
grapes or plums may be certified and shipped for export in fulfillment 
of any contract made within two months prior to the date of such ship-
ment if the terms of such contract were in accordance with the grades 
and regulations of the Secretary in effect at the time the contract was 
made. 
SEC. 3. Where the government of the country to which the shipment 
is to be made has standards or requirements as to condition of grapes 
and plums the Secretary may in addition to inspection and certifica-
tion for compliance with the standards established or designated here-
under inspect and certify for determination as to compliance with the 
standards or requirements of such foreign government and may pro-
vide for special certificates in such cases. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary may, by regulation, exempt from compliance 
with the provisions of this Act the shipment of such minimum quan-
tities of grapes and plums to any foreign country as he may prescribe. 
SEC. 5. For inspecting and certifying the grade, quality, or condi-
tion of grapes or plums the Secretary shall cause to be collected a 
reasonable fee which shall, as nearly as may be, cover the cost of the 
service rendered: Provided, 
That when cooperative arrangements 
satisfactory to the Secretary, or his designated representative, for car-
rying out the purposes of this Act cannot be made the fees collected 
hereunder in such cases shall be available until expended to defray 
the cost of the service rendered, and in such cases the limitations 
on the amounts expended for the purchase and maintenance of motor-
propelled passenger-carrying vehicles shall not be applicable: Pro-
vided further, That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the 
United States Department of Agriculture shall be received in all 
courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the 
statements therein contained. 
Penalties. 
g^c. 6. After Opportunity for hearing the Secretary is authorized 
to refuse the issuance of certificates under this Act for periods not 
exceeding ninety days to any person who ships or offers for shipment 
Exemption. 
Fees. 
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any grapes or plums in foreign commerce in violation of any of the 
provisions of this Act. 
Any person or any common carrier or any 
transportation agency violating any of the provisions of this Act 
shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary may make such rules, regulations, and orders, 
and require such reports, as may be necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this Act, and may cooperate with any department or agency 
of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or 
department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person, 
whether operating in one or more jurisdictions; and shall have the 
power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers 
and employees not in conflict with existing law, and make such ex-
penditures for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, bind-
mg, telegrams, telephones, law books, books of reference, publications, 
furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and 
expenses including reporting services, as shall be necessary to the 
administration of this Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
and as may be appropriated for by Congress. This Act shall not 
abrogate nor nullify any other statute, whether State or Federal, deal-
ing with the same subjects as this Act; but it is intended that all such 
statutes shall remain in full force and effect except insofar as they are 
inconsistent herewith or repugnant hereto. 
SEC. 8. If any provision of the Act or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the re-
mainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other 
persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 9. That when used in this Act— 
(1) The term "person" includes individuals, partnerships, corpora-
tions, and associations. 
(2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(3) Except as provided herein, the term "foreign commerce" means 
commerce between any State, or the District of Columbia, and any 
place outside of the United States or its possessions. 
(4) The term "grapes" means vinifera species table grapes, Euro-
pean type, whether or not they have been in storage. 
(5) The term "plums" means both European and Japanese type, 
whether or not they have been in storage, but does not mean Italian-
type prunes, nor damson-type plums. 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
Admini str ation. 
Definitions. 
Public Law 86-688 
AN ACT 
To extend the period of exemption from inspection under the provisions of sec-
tion 4426 of the Revised Statutes granted certain small vessels carrying freight 
to and from places on the inland waters of southeastern Alaska. 
September 2, 196( 
[S. 2669] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
Alaska. 
Act entitled "An Act to amend section 4426 of the Revised Statutes, tion!^^^ mspec-
as amended, with respect to certain small vessels operated by cooper-
atives or associations in transporting merchandise of members on a 
nonprofit basis to or from places within the inland waters of south-
eastern Alaska and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, or to or from 
places within said inland waters and places within the inland waters of 
the State of Washington", approved August 23, 1958 (72 Stat. 833), 
is amended by striking out "March 15, 1960" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "December 31, 1962". 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
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