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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 54 — Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals

§ 2136. Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors

Statutory text

Every research facility, every intermediate handler, every carrier, and every exhibitor not licensed under section 2133 of this title shall register with the Secretary in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

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. Pub. L. 89–544 § 6 · 80 Stat. 350

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2136

    Pub. L. 89–544, § 6, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–544, § 6, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. Every research facility shall register with the Secretary in Registration. accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

  2. Animal Welfare Act of 1970

    Pub. L. 91–579 § 7 · 84 Stat. 1560

    Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2136

    Pub. L. 91–579 inserted reference to exhibitors not licensed under section 2133 of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 91–579 inserted reference to exhibitors not licensed under section 2133 of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 7. Section 6 of such Act is amended by inserting after the words Registration. 7 USC 2136. “research facility” the words “and every exhibitor not licensed under section 3 of this Act”. Supra. Purchase restrictions. 7 USC 2137.

    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. Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976

    Pub. L. 94–279 § 6 · 90 Stat. 417

    Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2136

    Pub. L. 94–279 inserted “, every intermediate handler, every carrier,” after “research facility”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 94–279 inserted “, every intermediate handler, every carrier,” after “research facility”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. Section 6 of such Act is amended by inserting after the term “research facility”, a comma and the term “every intermediate handler, every carrier,”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1970–1976 · 2 rounds

1976

Pub. L. 94–279 inserted “, every intermediate handler, every carrier,” after “research facility”.

1970

Pub. L. 91–579 inserted reference to exhibitors not licensed under section 2133 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

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

Credits

1966–1976 · 3 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–544, § 6, , 80 Stat. 351
  2. 1970Pub. L. 91–579, § 7, , 84 Stat. 1561
  3. 1976Pub. L. 94–279, § 6, , 90 Stat. 418.
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(Pub. L. 89–544, § 6, , 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91–579, § 7, , 84 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 94–279, § 6, , 90 Stat. 418.)

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