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PUBLIC LAW 87-782-OCT. 10, 1962

[76 STAT.

SAMPLES OF IMPORTED DRUGS 52 Stat. 1058.

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p. 795.

SEC. 306. Section 801(a) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 381 (a)) is amended by inserting, after the first sentence thereof, the following new sentence: "The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury a list of establishments registered pursuant to subsection (i) of section 510 and shall request that if any drugs manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed in an establishment not so registered are imported or offered for import into the United States, samples of such drugs be delivered to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with notice of such delivery to the owner or consignee, who may appear before the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and have the right to introduce testimony." DEFINITIONS

52 Stat. 1041.

SEC. 307. (a) Section 201(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(a)) is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) The term 'State', except as used in the last sentence of section 702(a), means any State or Territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "(2) The term 'Territory' means any Territory or possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and excluding the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone." (b) The second sentence of section 702(a) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 372(a)) is amended by inserting before the words "a Territory" the words "the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or". INFORMATION ON PATENTS FOR DRUGS

52 Stat. 1056.

SEC. 308. Section 702 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 372) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) The Secretary is authorized and directed, upon request from the Commissioner of Patents, to furnish full and complete information with respect to such questions relating to drugs as the Commissioner may submit concerning any patent application. The Secretary is further authorized, upon receipt of any such request, to conduct or cause to be conducted, such research as may be required." Approved October 10, 1962.

Public Law 87-782 October 10, 1962 [S.3396]

Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amendment. Construction reserve funds. 75 Stat. 661. 46 USC 1161. Effective date.

AN ACT To amend section 511(h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, in order to extend the time for commitment of construction reserve funds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso at the end of section 511(h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is amended to read as follows: '•'•Provided, That until January 1, 1963, in addition to the extensions hereinbefore permitted, further extensions may be granted ending not later than December 31, 1963." SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall take effect December 31, 1962, or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever date first occurs. Approved October 10, 1962.

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