§ 2134. Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–544 § 4 · 80 Stat. 350

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2134

   Pub. L. 89–544, § 4, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–544, § 4, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. No dealer shall sell or offer to sell or transport or offer for License requirement. transportation to any research facility any dog or cat, or buy, sell, offer to buy or sell, transport or offer for transportation in commerce to or from another dealer under this Act any dog or cat, unless and until such dealer shall have obtained a license from the Secretary and such license shall not have been suspended or revoked.

2. 1970

   Animal Welfare Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–579 § 5 · 84 Stat. 1560

   1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2134

      Pub. L. 91–579 inserted references to exhibitors, offers to sell, and offers to transport

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2134

      Pub. L. 91–579 substituted references to animals for references to dogs and cats

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–579 inserted references to exhibitors, offers to sell, and offers to transport, and substituted references to animals for references to dogs and cats.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Section 4 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 7 USC 2134. “Sec. 4. No dealer or exhibitor shall sell or offer to sell or transport or offer for transportation, affecting commerce, to any research facility or for exhibition or for use as a pet any animal, or buy, sell, offer to buy or sell, transport or offer for transportation, affecting commerce, to or from another dealer or exhibitor under this Act any animal, unless and until such dealer or exhibitor shall have obtained a license from the Secretary and such license shall not have been suspended or revoked.”

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 91–579 effective one year after Dec. 24, 1970, see section 23 of Pub. L. 91–579, set out as a note under section 2131 of this title.

3. 1976

   Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976

   Pub. L. 94–279 § 5 · 90 Stat. 417

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2134

   Pub. L. 94–279 substituted “in commerce” for “affecting commerce” in two places

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–279 substituted “in commerce” for “affecting commerce” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Sections 4, 11, and 12 of such Act are amended by striking out “affecting commerce” and inserting in lieu thereof “in commerce”.

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