§ 2154. Effective dates

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 § 24 · 80 Stat. 350

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2154

   Pub. L. 89–544, § 24, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 353

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–544, § 24, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 353

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 24. The regulations referred to in section 10 and section 13 Effective dates. shall be prescribed by the Secretary as soon as reasonable but not later than six months from the date of enactment of this Act. Additions and amendments thereto may be prescribed from time to time as may be necessary or advisable. Compliance by dealers with the provisions of this Act and such regulations shall commence ninety days after the promulgation of such regulations. Compliance by research facilities with the provisions of this Act and such regulations shall commence six months after the promulgation of such regulations, except that the Secretary may grant extensions of time to research Penalty. facilities which do not comply with the standards prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 13 of this Act provided that the Secretary determines that there is evidence that the research facilities will meet such standards within a reasonable time.

2. 1976

   Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976

   Pub. L. 94–279 § 15 · 90 Stat. 417

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2154

   Pub. L. 94–279 inserted provisions setting particular effective dates of compliance for intermediate handlers and carriers and for dealers, exhibitors, operators of auction sales, and research facilities with respect to the amendments made by the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–279 inserted provisions setting particular effective dates of compliance for intermediate handlers and carriers and for dealers, exhibitors, operators of auction sales, and research facilities with respect to the amendments made by the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 15. Section 24 of such Act is amended by inserting the following at the end of the section: “Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, compliance by intermediate handlers, and carriers, and other persons with those provisions of this Act, as amended by the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976, and those regulations promulgated thereunder, which relate to actions of intermediate handlers and carriers, shall commence 90 days after promulgation of regulations under section 13 of this Act, as amended, with respect to intermediate handlers and carriers, and such regulations shall be promulgated no later than 9 months after the enactment of the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976; and compliance by dealers, exhibitors, operators of auction sales, and research facilities with other provisions of this Act, as so amended, and the regulations thereunder, shall commence upon the expiration of 90 days after enactment of the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976: Provided, however, That compliance by all persons with paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of section 13 and with section 26 of this Act, as so amended, shall commence Infra. Effective date. upon the expiration of said ninety-day period. In all other respects, said amendments shall become effective upon the date of enactment.”.

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