An Act to amend the act relating to the importation of adult honeybees
PL 87-539 (H.R.8050), enacted 07/19/1962

76 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-539-JULY 19, 1962 
169 
Public Law 87-539 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act relating to the importation of adult honeybees, and to amend 
certain provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended. 
July 19, 1962 
[H. R. 8050] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of 
the Act of August 31, 1922 (42 Stat. 833; 7 U.S.C. 281), is amended 
to read as follows : 
"SECTION 1. In order to prevent the introduction and spread of 
diseases dangerous to the adult honeybee, the importation into the 
United States of all honeybees of the genus Apis in the adult stage 
is hereby prohibited, and all adult honeybees offered for import into 
the United States shall be destroyed if not immediately exported: 
Provided^ That such adult honeybees may be imported into the United 
States by the United States Department of Agriculture for experi-
mental or scientific purposes: Provided 
further^ That such adult 
honeybees may be imported into the United States from countries in 
which the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine that no diseases 
dangerous to adult honeybees exist and that adequate precautions have 
been taken b j such countries to prevent the importation of honeybees 
from countries where such dangerous diseases exist, under rules and 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secre-
tary of Agri<julture." 
SEC. 2, (a) Section 202(c) (4) of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, 
is amended by inserting " ( A ) " after "(4)", and by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subparagraph: 
"(B) Of the quantity authorized for purchase and importation un-
der subparagraph (A), the President is authorized to allocate to 
countries within the Western Hemisphere, for the six-month period 
ending December 31, 1962, an amount of sugar, raw value, not exceed-
ing in the aggregate seventy-five thousand short tons, and for the 
calendar years 1963 and 1964, an amount of sugar, raw value, not 
exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and fifty thousand short tons." 
(b) Section 202(e) of such Act, as amended, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The provisions of this 
subsection shall not apply to sugar exported by any foreign country to 
the United States to fill any allocation made to it under subsection 
(c)(3)(C)." 
(c) Section 204(a) of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(a) The Secretary shall from time to time determine whether, in 
view of the current inventory of sugar, the estimated production from 
the acreage of sugarcane or sugarbeets planted, the normal marketings 
within a calendar year of new-crop sugar and other pertinent factors, 
any area or country will be unable to market the quota or proration 
for such area or country. 
If the Secretary determines that any 
domestic area or foreign country will be unable to market the quota 
or proration for such area or country, he shall revise the quota for the 
Republic of the Philippines by prorating to it an amount of sugar 
which bears the same ratio to the deficit as the quota for the Republic 
of the Philippines determined under section 202(b) then in effect bears 
to the sum of such quota for the Republic of the Philippines and of 
the prorations to foreign countries named in section 202(c) (3) (A) 
then in effect; and shall allocate an amount of sugar equal to the 
remainder of the deficit to foreign countries within the Western 
Hemisphere named in section 202(c) (3) (A) : Provided^ That no part 
of any such deficit shall be prorated or allocated to any country not in 
Honeybees, 
importation. 
Sugar Act of 
1948, amendment. 
65 Stat. 318. 
Ante, p. 159. 
7 u s e 1112. 
70 Stat. 219. 
Ante, 
p. 159. 
Ante, p. IS8. 
Quota deficits, 
proration. 
Ante, p. 1(>0. 
Ante, p. 157. 
Ante, p. 158. 
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diplomatic relations with the United States. If the Secretary deter-
mines that the Republic of the Philippines will be unable to fill its 
share of any deficit determined under this subsection, he shall allocate 
such unfilled amount to foreign countries within the Western Hemi-
Ante, p. 158. 
Sphere named in section 202 (c) (3) (A) : Provided, That no such alloca-
tion shall be made to any foreign country not in diplomatic relations 
with the United States. In making allocations to forei^ countries 
within the Western Hemisphere under this subsection, special consider-
ation shall be given to those countries purchasing United States agri-
cultural commodities. 
If the Secretary determines that neither the 
Republic of the Philippines nor the countries within the Western 
Hemisphere named in section 202(c) (3) (A) can fill all of any such 
Ante, p. 159. 
deficit whenever the provisions of section 202 (c) (4) apply, he shall add 
such unfilled amount to the quantity of sugar which may be purchased 
pursuant to section 202(c) (4), and whenever section 202(c) (4) does 
not apply he shall apportion such unfilled amount on such basis and to 
such foreign countries in diplomatic relations with the United States 
as he determines is required to fill such deficit." 
(d) Section 207(e) (2) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new sentence: "The provisions of this para-
graph shall not apply to any allocation made to a foreign country 
under section 202(c) (3) (C) .^' 
(e) Section 213 of such Act, as amended, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "(4)" each place it appears in subsections 
(a) and (b) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof " (4) (A)"; 
(2) by striking out "paragraph (3) of section 202(c)" in the 
first sentence of subsection (c) thereof and inserting in lieu 
thereof "paragraphs (3^ and (4) (B) of section 202(c)"; and 
(3) by striking out "(4)" each place it appears in the first 
sentence of subsection (c) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(4) (A)". 
(f) The amendments made by this section shall be effective as if 
Ante, p. 156. 
thev Were enacted as a part of H.R. 12154 entitled "An Act to amend 
and extend the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended", 
Eighty-seventh Congress, second session. 
Approved July 19, 1962. 
Ante, p. 162. 
Ante, p. 158. 
Ante, p. 163. 
July 19, 1962 
[H. J. Res. 809] 
Public Law 87-540 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national 
marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1963. 
Wheat. 
Marketing quota, 
referendum, 
52 Stat. 55. 
7 u s e 1336. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That section 336 of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstanding any other pro-' 
vision hereof, the referendum with respect to the national marketing 
quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1,1963, may be 
conducted not later than August 31,1962." 
Approved July 19, 1962.