§ 2154. — Effective dates.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC2154]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
Sec. 2154. Effective dates
The regulations referred to in sections 2140 and 2143 of this title
shall be prescribed by the Secretary as soon as reasonable but not later
than six months from August 24, 1966. 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 chapter and such
regulations shall commence ninety days after the promulgation of such
regulations. Compliance by research facilities with the provisions of
this chapter and such regulations shall commence six months after the
promulgation of such regulations, except that the Secretary may grant
extensions of time to research facilities which do not comply with the
standards prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 2143 of this
title provided that the Secretary determines that there is evidence that
the research facilities will meet such standards within a reasonable
time. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, compliance
by intermediate handlers, and carriers, and other persons with those
provisions of this chapter, 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 2143 of this
title, as amended, with respect to intermediate handlers and carriers,
and such regulations shall be promulgated no later than 9 months after
April 22, 1976; and compliance by dealers, exhibitors, operators of
auction sales, and research facilities with other provisions of this
chapter, as so amended, and the regulations thereunder, shall commence
upon the expiration of 90 days after April 22, 1976: Provided, however,
That compliance by all persons with subsections (b), (c), and (d) of
section 2143 and with section 2156 of this title, as so amended, shall
commence upon the expiration of said ninety-day period. In all other
respects, said amendments shall become effective on April 22, 1976.
(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 24, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 94-279,
Sec. 15, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 421.)
References in Text
The Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976, referred to in text, is
Pub. L. 94-279, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 417, which enacted section 2156
of this title, amended sections 2131, 2132, 2134, 2136, 2139 to 2146,
2149, 2153 to 2155 of this title, and section 3001 of Title 39, Postal
Service, repealed section 2150 of this title, and enacted provisions set
out as notes under section 2131 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1976
Amendment note set out under section 3121 of this title and Tables.
Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 2143 of this title,
referred to in text, were redesignated subsecs. (f), (g), and (h),
respectively, and new subsecs. (b), (c), and (d) of section 2143 were
enacted, by Pub. L. 99-198, title XVII, Sec. 1752(a)(1), (c), Dec. 23,
1985, 99 Stat. 1645, 1647.
Amendments
1976--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.
