An Act to amend the act of April 6, 1937, as amended to include cooperation with the Governments of Canada or Mexico or local Canadian or Mexican authorities for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases
PL 83-586 (S.3697), enacted 08/13/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 586-AUG. 13, 1954 
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under any unpatented or patented mining claim or millsite in or inci-
dental to prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, 
or removing minerals other than Leasing Act minerals and any other 
use under any claim of right or title based upon such mining claim or 
millsite; "Leasing Act operator" shall mean any party who shall 
conduct Leasing Act operations; "mining operator" shall mean any 
party who shall conduct mining operations; "Atomic Energy Act 
shall mean the Act of August 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 755), as amended; 
"Atomic Energy Commission" shall mean the United States Atomic 
Energy Commission established under the Atomic Energy Act or any 
amendments thereof; "fissionable source material" shall mean ura-
nium, thorium, and all other materials referred to in section 5 (b) (1) 
of the Atomic Energy Act as reserved or to be reserved to the United 
States; "uranium lease application" shall mean an application for a 
uranium lease filed with said Commission with respect to lands which 
would be open for entry under the mining laws except for their being 
lands embraced within an offer, application, permit, or lease under 
the mineral leasing laws or lands known to be valuable for minerals 
leasable under those laws; "uranium lease" shall mean a uranium 
mining lease issued by said Commission with respect to any such 
lands; and "person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partner-
ship, or other legal entity. 
SEC. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to waive, amend, or 
repeal the requirement of any provision of any law for approval of 
any official of the United States whose approval prior to prospecting, 
exploring, or mining would be required. 
SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provi-
sion to any person or circumstances, is held unconstitutional, invalid, 
or unenforcible, the remainder of this Act or the application of such 
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it 
is held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforcible, shall not be affected 
thereby. 
Approved August 13, 1954. 
" L e a s i n g Act 
operator." 
' 'Mining opera-
tor." 
42 u s e 
1801 
note.. 
"AEC." 
" F i s s i o n a b l e 
source material." 
42 u s e 1805 (b) 
(1). 
"Uranium lease 
application. " 
"U r a n i u m 
lease." 
"Person," 
Requirement. 
Separability. 
Public Law 586 
CHAPTER 731 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of April 6, 1937, as amended, to include cooperation with the 
Governments of Canada or Mexico or local Canadian or Mexican authorities 
for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant 
diseases. 
August 13, 1954 
[S. 3697] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Cmigress assembled^ That section 1 of 
the Act of April 6, 1937, as amended (7 U. S. C. 148), is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary 
of Agriculture is further authorized to cooperate with the Govern-
ments of Canada or Mexico or local Canadian or Mexican authorities 
in carrying out in such countries necessary operations or measures to 
control incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant 
diseases, when such operations or measures are necessary to protect 
the agriculture of the United States. In performing the operations 
or measures authorized under this Act, the cooperating foreign coun-
try. State, or local agency shall be responsible for the authority neces-
sary to carry out the operations or measures on all lands and 
properties within the foreign country or State other than those owned 
or controlled by the Federal Government and for such other facilities 
and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are 
necessary." 
Approved August 13, 1954. 
Insect pest con-
trol, 
eanadian-Me x i-
can cooperation. 
52 Stat. 344.