Annual edition
Pub. L. 103–465 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for former subsecs. (a) to (e) restricting importation of honeybees and honeybee semen into United States, providing for promulgation of rules and regulations as to such importation, providing for destruction or immediate exportation of nonexcepted honeybees or honeybee semen offered for import or intercepted, and defining "honeybee".
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Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, §431(e), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4968.
Dec 8, 1993 – Dec 8, 1994
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Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103–182, §361(d)(2)(A), added par. (3).
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Pub. L. 103–182, title III, §361(d)(2), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2123
Jun 25, 1976 – Dec 8, 1993
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Pub. L. 94–319 incorporated existing provisions, which related only to honeybees, into subsecs. (a) to (e) relating to honeybees and honeybee semen, making honeybee provisions applicable to all life stages and the germ plasm of honeybees instead of only to honeybees in the adult stage, restating purpose of prohibiting importation of honeybees and restating conditions to be determined by Secretary of Agriculture with respect to countries from which honeybees may be imported.
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Pub. L. 94–319, §1, June 25, 1976, 90 Stat. 709
Jul 19, 1962 – Jun 25, 1976
Amended · full text not held
Pub. L. 87–539 enlarged prohibition against importation of honeybees to include the honeybee of the genus Apis instead of only the honeybee Apis mellifica and restricted permission to import the honeybee to countries which take adequate precautions to prevent importation of honeybees from countries where dangerous diseases exist.
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Pub. L. 87–539, §1, July 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 169
Aug 31, 1922 – Jul 19, 1962
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Aug. 31, 1922, ch. 301, §1, 42 Stat. 833
