title: Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957
text: # Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957
  
  The Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957 (P.L. 85–36) prohibited the movement of pests from a foreign country into or through the United States unless authorized by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  
  It was superseded by the Plant Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106–224, Title IV). Under the new law, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) retains broad authority to inspect, seize, quarantine, treat, destroy or dispose of imported plant and animal materials that are potentially harmful to U.S. agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and, to a certain degree, natural resources. (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).
  
  ## Titles of the Act
  
  The 1957 Act was drafted as two titles defining policy standards for the control, eradication, and regulation of plant pests.
  
      Title I - Federal Plant Pest Act - 7 U.S.C. §§ 150aa-150jj
         Definitions
         Dissemination of plant pests
         Postal laws
         Seizure of infected plants
         Regulations and conditions
         Inspections and seizures
         Penalty
         Separability
         Disinfection of railway cars
         Repeals
      Title II - Eradication and Control of Insect Pests, Plant Diseases, and Nematodes - 7 U.S.C. § 147a
         Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 amendment
  