§ 2147. Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies

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 § 17 · 80 Stat. 350

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2147

   Pub. L. 89–544, § 17, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 352

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–544, § 17, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 352

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 17. The Secretary shall issue rules and regulations requiring licensed dealers and research facilities to permit inspection of their animals and records at reasonable hours upon request by legally constituted law enforcement agencies in search of lost animals.

2. 1970

   Animal Welfare Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–579 § 18 · 84 Stat. 1560

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2147

   Pub. L. 91–579 substituted “promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title” for “issue rules and regulations requiring licensed dealers and research facilities”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–579 substituted “promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title” for “issue rules and regulations requiring licensed dealers and research facilities”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 18. Section 17 of such Act is amended by striking the phrase “issue rules and regulations requiring licensed dealers and research facilities” and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase “promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to section 12 of this Act”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 91–579 effective 30 days after Dec. 24, 1970, see section 23 of Pub. L. 91–579, set out as a note under section 2131 of this title.

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