It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is authorized and directed, when the public safety will permit, to make and promulgate rules and regulations which shall permit and govern the inspection, disinfection, certification, treatment, handling, and method and manner of delivery and shipment of quarantined animals or live poultry from a quarantined State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and from the quarantined portion of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia.
(Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1496, §3, 33 Stat. 1265; Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 30, 45 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 87–518, §8(b), July 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 131; Pub. L. 95–439, §3, Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1061.)
1978—Pub. L. 95–439 struck out provision requiring Secretary of Agriculture to give notice of rules and regulations in the manner prescribed in section 123 of this title for notice of establishment of quarantine.
1962—Pub. L. 87–518 substituted “quarantined animals” for “cattle or other livestock”.
1928—Act Feb. 7, 1928, inserted “and/or live poultry” after “livestock”.
This section is referred to in sections 126, 128, 136a of this title; title 16 section 1540.