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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 445 -JUNE 22, 1946 and for the enforcement of domestic plant quarantines through inspection in transit, including the interception and disposition of materials found to have been transported interstate in violation of Federal plant quarantine laws or regulations, and operations under the Terminal Inspection Act (7 U. S. C. 166), $3,066,600: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees, farm animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed: Provided further, That, in the discretion of the Secre- tary, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the control of sweetpotato weevil in any State until such State has provided cooperation necessary to accomplish- this purpose, or for barberry eradication until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of this purpose: Provided further, That in the discretion of the Secretary, no expenditures from this appropriation shall be made for applying methods of control of the Dutch elm disease in any State where measures for the removal and destruction of trees on non-Federal lands suffering from the Dutch elm disease are not in force, provided such removal and destruction are deemed essential or appropriate for the carrying on of the control program, nor until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals, or organizations concerned: Provided, however, That expenditures incurred for removal of trees infected with Dutch elm disease from non-Federal lands shall not be considered a part of such appropriations, subscriptions, or con- tributions: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the removal and destruction of trees infected with the Dutch elm disease except where such trees are located on property owned or controlled by the Government of the United States, or on property included within local experimental control areas. Foreign plant quarantines: For operations against the introduction of insect pests or plant diseases into the United States, including the enforcement of foreign plant quarantines and regulations promulgated under sections 5 and 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151-167), the Insect Pest Act of 1905 (7 U. S. C. 141 -144), and the Mexican Border Act of 1942 (7 U. S. C. 149), for enforcement of domestic plant quarantines as they pertain to territories of the United States and enforcement of regulations governing the movement of plants into and from the District of Columbia promulgated under section 15 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, and for inspection and certification of plants and plant products to meet the sanitary requirements of foreign countries, as authorized in section 102 of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 147a), $1,552,000. CONTROL OF EMERGENCY OUTBREAKS OF INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of and for expenditures authorized by the joint resolution approved May 9, 1938 (7 U. S . C. 148-148e), including the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase of not to exceed three, and surveys and control operations m Canada in cooperation with the Canadian Gov- ernment or local Canadian authorities, and the employment of Canadian citizens, $2,800,000. 281 Inspection in trans- it. 38 Stat. 1113 . Restriction. State, etc., coopera- tion. Dutch elm disease, local requirements. Removal and de- struction of trees. 37 Stat. 316, 317. 7 U. S. C. §§159,160. 33 Stat. 1269. 56 Stat. 40. 7U.S.C., Supp.V, §149. 41 Stat. 726. 7 U.S.C. 167. 58 Stat. 735. 7U.S.C., Supp.V, I 147a. 52 Stat. 344. Cooperation with Canada.

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