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PUBLIC LAW 92-516-OCT. 21, 1972

[86 STAT.

or contact with pesticides or devices regulated by this Act as well as to accomplish the other purposes of this Act; " (4) to specify those classes of devices which shall be subject to any provision of paragraph 2(q)(1) or section 7 of this Act upon his determination that application of such provision is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act; "(5) to prescribe regulations requiring any pesticide to be colored or discolored if he determines that such requirement is feasible and is necessary for the protection of health and the environment; and "(6) to determine and establish suitable names to be used in the ingredient statement.

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"SEC. 26. SEVERABILITY.

"If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. "SEC. 27. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

"There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975. The amounts authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year ending after June 30, 1975, shall be the sums hereafter provided by law." AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

74 Stat. 372. 84 Stat. 1670. 52 Stat. 1040.

SEC. 3. The following Acts are amended by striking out the terms "economic poisons"' and "an economic poison" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof "pesticides" and "a pesticide" respectively: (1) The Federal Hazardous Substances Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.); (2) The Poison Prevention Packaging Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 147l ct seq.); and (3) The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (£1 U.S.C. 301 et scq.). '

Savings provision. 61 Stat. 163. 7 USC 135 note.

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROVISIONS OF ACT

SEC. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended by this Act, and as otherwise provided by this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect at the close of the date of the enactment of this Act, l^rovided if regulations are necessary for the implementation of any provision that becomes effective on the date of enactment, such regulations shall be promulgated and shall become effective within 90 days from the date of enactment of this Act. (b) The provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Eodenticide Act and the regulations thereunder as such existed prior to the enactment of this Act shall remain in effect until superseded by the amendments made by this Act and regulations thereunder: Provided, That all provisions made by these amendments and all regulations thereunder shall be effective within four years after the enactment of this Act. (c)(1) Two years after the enactment of this Act the Administrator shall have promulgated regulations providing for the registration and

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