An Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation of wild animals and wild birds which are intended for exhibition in the United States
PL 88-482 (H.R.1839), enacted 08/22/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-482-AUG. 22, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
August 22, 1964 
[H. R. 1839] 
Public Law 88-482 
AN ACT 
To provide for the free importation of certain wild animals, and to provide 
for the imposition of quotas on certain meat and meat products. 
Wild birds and 
animals. 
Free entry. 
77A Stat. 420. 
19 u s e 1202. 
Meat imports, 
limitation. 
77A Stat. 20. 
19 u s e 1202. 
Presidential 
proclamation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) item 852.20 
of title I ot the Tariff Act of 1930 (Tariff Schedules of the United 
States; 28 F.R., part II, August 17, 1963) is amended to read as 
follows: 
852.20 Wild animals (including birds and fish) imported for i 
use, or for sale for use, in any scientific public collec-
tion for exhibition for scientific or educational pur-
poses 
I Free 
Free 
(b) Headnote 1 of part 4 of schedule 8 of such title I is amended 
by striking out "item 850.50," and inserting in lieu thereof "items 
850.50 and 852.20,". 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 
tenth day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) It is the policy of the Congress that the aggregate 
quantity of the articles specified in items 106.10 (relating to fresh, 
chilled, or frozen cattle meat) and 106.20 (relating to fresh, chilled, or 
frozen meat of goats and sheep (except lambs)) of the Tariff Sched-
ules of the United States which may be imported into the United 
States in any calendar year beginning after December 31,1964, should 
not exceed 725,400,000 pounds; except that this quantity shall be 
increased or decreased for any calendar year by the same percentage 
that estimated average annual domestic commercial production of 
these articles in that calendar year and the two preceding calendar 
years increases or decreases in comparison with the average annual 
domestic commercial production of these articles during the years 
1959 through 1963, inclusive. 
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture, for each calendar year after 
1964, shall estimate and publish— 
(1) before the beginning of such calendar year, the aggregate 
quantity prescribed for such calendar year by subsection (a), and 
(2) Deiore the first day of each calendar quarter in such cal-
endar year, the aggregate quantity of the articles described in 
subsection (a) which (but for this section) would be imported 
in such calendar year. 
In applying paragraph (2) for the second or any succeeding calendar 
quarter in any calendar year, actual imports for the preceding calen-
dar quarter or quarters in such calendar year shall be taken into 
account to the extent data is available. 
(c)(1) If the aggregate quantity estimated before any calendar 
quarter by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (b) (2) 
e<][uals or exceeds 110 percent of the aggregate quantity estimated bv 
him pursuant to subsection (b) (1), and if there is no limitation in ef-
fect under this section with respect to such calendar year, the Presi-
dent shall by proclamation limit the total quantity of the articles 
described in subsection (a) which may be entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption, during such calendar year, to the aggre-
f
ate quantity estimated for such calendar year by the Secretary of 
.griculture pursuant to subsection (b) (1). 
(2) If the aggregate quantity estimated before any calendar quar-
ter by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (b) (2) 
does not equal or exceed 110 percent of the aggregate quantity esti-
mated by him pursuant to subsection (b) (1), and if a limitation is in 
effect under this section with respect to such calendar year, such limita-
tion shall cease to apply as of the first day of such calendar quarter;