An Act to provide for a national hog cholera eradication program.
PL 87-209 (S.1908), enacted 09/06/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-209-SEPT. 6, 1961 
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Approved September 6, 1961. 
Public Law 87-209 
A N A C T 
September 6, 1961 
To provide for a national hog cholera eradication program. 
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Be it enacted hy the Semxite and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vrdted States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to grtmint^*^"" ^^' 
safeguard the health of the swine herds of the Nation, to prevent the ^^i™g"choiera, 
spread of hog cholera, to decrease substantially the estimated 'J^^^*'"^*"" ^'°' 
$50,000,000 annual loss from hog cholera, to expand export markets for 
pork and pork products now restricted on account of hog cholera, and 
to otherwise protect the public interest, the Secretary of Agriculture 
is hereby directed (1) to initiate a national hog cholera eradication 
program in cooperation with the several States under the provisions 
of section 11 of the Act of May 29,1884, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114a), 
'« ^tat. 1032. 
and related legislation, and (2) to prohibit or restrict, pursuant to 
the authority vested in him under the provisions of section 2 of the 
Act of February 2, 1903, as amended (21 U.S.C. I l l ) , the interstate 
32 stat. 792. 
movement of virulent hog cholera virus or other hog cholera virus to 
the extent he determines necessary in order to effectuate such eradica-
tion program. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed 
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to establish an advisory committee composed of (1) eleven members 
selected from representatives of the swine and related industries, 
State and local government agencies, professional and scientific 
groups, and the general public, and (2) one member selected from 
the officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture who shall 
serve as chairman of the Committee. The Committee shall meet at 
the call of the Secretary. 
(b) It shall be the function of the Committee to advise the Secretary 
F xmct ion. 
with respect to the initiation of the national hog cholera eradication 
program referred to in the first section of this Act, and with respect 
to the development of plans and procedures for carrying out such 
program. 
(c) Committee members other than the chairman shall not be _^*?_«"«*» <
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deemed to be employees of the United States and shall not be entitled 
to compensation, but the Secretary is authorized to pay their travel 
and subsistence expenses (or per diem in lieu thereof) in connection 
with their attendance at meetings of the Committee. 
Approved SeptembCT 6, 1961. 
members.