§ 2142. Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales

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 § 12 · 80 Stat. 350

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2142

   Pub. L. 89–544, § 12, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–544, § 12, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 12. The Secretary is authorized to promulgate humane standards Humane standards, promulgation. and recordkeeping requirements governing the purchase, han-dling, or sale of dogs or cats by dealers or research facilities at auction sales.

2. 1970

   Animal Welfare Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–579 § 13 · 84 Stat. 1560

   Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 2142

   Pub. L. 91–579 extended requirements for recordkeeping and humane standards to exhibitors and operators of auction sales, with such requirements to apply to animals as defined instead of only to cats and dogs when transactions in auction sales are affecting commerce, and required operators of auction sales to obtain a license when he sells cats or dogs and such transactions are affecting commerce, upon payment of fee prescribed by the Secretary

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–579 extended requirements for recordkeeping and humane standards to exhibitors and operators of auction sales, with such requirements to apply to animals as defined instead of only to cats and dogs when transactions in auction sales are affecting commerce, and required operators of auction sales to obtain a license when he sells cats or dogs and such transactions are affecting commerce, upon payment of fee prescribed by the Secretary.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 13. Section 12 of such Act is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 12. The Secretary is authorized to promulgate humane standards and recordkeeping requirements governing the purchase, handling, or sale of animals, affecting 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, affecting commerce, under such conditions as he may prescribe, and upon payment of such fee as prescribed by the Secretary under section 23 of this Act.”

   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. § 2142

   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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