§ 2142. — Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2142]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
Sec. 2142. Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at
auction sales
The Secretary is authorized to promulgate humane standards and
recordkeeping requirements governing the purchase, handling, or sale of
animals, in 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, in commerce, under such
conditions as he may prescribe, and upon payment of such fee as
prescribed by the Secretary under section 2153 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 12, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579,
Sec. 13, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 94-279, Sec. 5, Apr. 22,
1976, 90 Stat. 418.)
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-279 substituted ``in commerce'' for ``affecting
commerce'' in two places.
1970--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.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2135, 2137, 2138, 2139,
2146, 2147, 2149 of this title.
