§ 2138. — Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC2138]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
Sec. 2138. Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government
facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of
auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors
No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States which
uses animals for research or experimentation or exhibition shall
purchase or otherwise acquire any dog or cat for such purposes from any
person except an operator of an auction sale subject to section 2142 of
this title or a person holding a valid license as a dealer or exhibitor
issued by the Secretary pursuant to this chapter unless such person is
exempted from obtaining such license under section 2133 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 8, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579,
Sec. 9, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562.)
Amendments
1970--Pub. L. 91-579 inserted reference to instrumentalities of the
United States which use animals for exhibition and added operators of
auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title and licensed
exhibitors to the enumeration of persons from whom United States
Government facilities may acquire dogs or cats.
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.
