§ 1821. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1821]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 44--PROTECTION OF HORSES
Sec. 1821. Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The term ``management'' means any person who organizes,
exercises control over, or administers or who is responsible for
organizing, directing, or administering.
(2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) The term ``sore'' when used to describe a horse means that--
(A) an irritating or blistering agent has been applied,
internally or externally, by a person to any limb of a horse,
(B) any burn, cut, or laceration has been inflicted by a
person on any limb of a horse,
(C) any tack, nail, screw, or chemical agent has been
injected by a person into or used by a person on any limb of a
horse, or
(D) any other substance or device has been used by a person
on any limb of a horse or a person has engaged in a practice
involving a horse,
and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use, or
practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to
suffer, physical pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when
walking, trotting, or otherwise moving, except that such term does
not include such an application, infliction, injection, use, or
practice in connection with the therapeutic treatment of a horse by
or under the supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary
medicine in the State in which such treatment was given.
(4) The term ``State'' means any of the several States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands.
(Pub. L. 91-540, Sec. 2, Dec. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 1404; Pub. L. 94-360,
Sec. 3, July 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 915.)
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-360 added pars. (1) and (2), redesignated subsec.
(a), defining ``sore'' as meaning that certain substances or devices had
been applied to any limb of a horse prior to Dec. 9, 1970, resulting in,
or reasonably likely to result in, such horse suffering physical pain or
distress when walking or trotting, as par. (3) and, as so redesignated,
struck out requirement that such substance or device had to have been
applied prior to Dec. 9, 1970 in order for a horse to be considered
``sored'' for purposes of this chapter, and substituted par. (4)
defining ``State'' for subsec. (b) defining ``commerce'' as between a
point in any State or possession of the United States and any point
outside thereof, or between points within the same State or possession
of the United States but through any place outside thereof, or within
the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country to any point
within the United States.
Short Title of 1976 Amendment
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 94-360 provided that: ``This Act [amending
this section and sections 1822 to 1825, 1827, 1830, and 1831 of this
title and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and
section 1831 of this title] may be cited as the `Horse Protection Act
Amendments of 1976'.''
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 91-540, as amended by Pub. L. 94-360, Sec. 2,
July 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 915, provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Horse Protection Act of 1970'.''
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
