Pub. L. 104-127, tit. VIII, subtit. D, sec. 891

TRANSFER OF AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.

EnactedYear: 1996Length: 261 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 891. TRANSFER OF AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER. (a) Transfer of Fish Culture Laboratory to Department of Agriculture.— (1) Designation of claude harris national aquacultural research center.— (A) In general.— The Southeastern Fish Culture Laboratory in Marion, Alabama, shall be known and designated as the “Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center”. (B) References.— Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the laboratory referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 110 STAT. 1183be deemed to be a reference to the “Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center”. (2) Transfer of laboratory to department of agriculture.— Subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States Code, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer, in whole or in part, to the Department of Agriculture, with the consent of the Secretary of Agriculture— (A) the personnel employed in connection with the laboratory referred to in paragraph (1); (B) the assets, liabilities, contracts, and real and personal property of the laboratory; (C) the records of the laboratory; and (D) the unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed in connection with, held in connection with, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the laboratory. (b) Nonduplication of Facilities.— The research center designated by subsection (a) shall be complementary to, and not duplicative of, facilities of colleges, universities, and nonprofit institutions, and facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, within the State and region, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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