7 U.S.C. § 283
Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm
The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and may release bee germ plasm to the public.
( Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412 , title I, § 103, 58 Stat. 735 ; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(1) , 65 Stat. 708 ; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1120 , Dec. 22, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1273 .)