AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION OF VIRUS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.

SEC. 1618. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION OF VIRUS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. (a) Reapportionment of Withheld Allotments for Agricultural Experiment Stations.— Section 3(d) of the Act of March 2, 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c(d)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “and reapportioned among the States”. (b) Certain Transportation Authorized Under Adequate Safeguards.— The proviso in the first sentence in section 12 of the Act of May 29, 1884 (21 U.S.C. 113a) is amended— (1) by striking “United States except” and inserting “United States (except”; and (2) by striking “tunnel, and” and inserting the following: “tunnel) unless the Secretary determines that it is necessary and in the public interest for the conduct of research and study in the United States (except at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York) and issues a permit under such rules as the Secretary shall promulgate to protect animal health,”.