7 USC § 283 - Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s283"
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title: "7 USC § 283 - Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "283"
section_name: "Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "HONEYBEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 103, 58 Stat. 735; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(1), 65 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1120, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273.)"
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# § 283. Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm

The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and may release bee germ plasm to the public.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 103, 58 Stat. 735; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(1), 65 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1120, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

This section was not enacted as part of act , which comprises this chapter.

Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:

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### Amendments

1981— inserted “and may release bee germ plasm to the public”.

1951—Act , struck out provisions relating to sale of surplus bee-breeding stock, and the fixing of rates and disposition of proceeds in connection therewith.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .