Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 7 : Section 2142


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/03/05
Section 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.



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