7 U.S.C. § 2142 — Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales
submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-544 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 86 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may set humane and recordkeeping standards for animals bought, handled, or sold at auction sales. The Secretary may also require auction-sale operators to be licensed when dogs or cats are sold in commerce and may set licensing conditions and fees.
The Secretary* may issue humane standards and recordkeeping requirements governing dealers’, research facilities’, and exhibitors’ purchase, handling, or sale of animals in commerce* at auction sales, and governing the operators of those auction sales. The Secretary may also require operators of auction sales to obtain licenses when dogs or cats are sold in commerce, under conditions the Secretary sets and after payment of the fee the Secretary prescribes under section 2153.
The Secretary* is authorized to promulgate humane standards and recordkeeping requirements governing the purchase, handling, or sale of animals, in commerce*, by dealers, research facilities, and exhibitors at auction sales and by the operators of such auction sales. The Secretary is also authorized to require the licensing of operators of auction sales where any dogs or cats are sold, in commerce, under such conditions as he may prescribe, and upon payment of such fee as prescribed by the Secretary under section 2153 of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–544, § 12, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91–579, § 13, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 94–279, § 5, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 418.)
- 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-544 · 80 Stat. 351
- 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-579 · 84 Stat. 1562
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-279 · 90 Stat. 418
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-544 on 1966-08-24.
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