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7 U.S.C. § 2147 — Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies
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The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to [section 2142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2142&num=0&edition=prelim) to permit inspection of their animals and records at reasonable hours upon request by legally constituted law enforcement agencies in search of lost animals.
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The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to [section 2142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2142&num=0&edition=prelim) to permit inspection of their animals and records at reasonable hours upon request by legally constituted law enforcement agencies in search of lost animals.
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Congress finds that animals and activities which are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce or the free flow thereof, and that regulation of animals and activities as provided in this chapter is necessary to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce and to effectively regulate such commerce, in order—
(1) to insure that animals intended for use in research facilities or for exhibition purposes or for use as pets are provided humane care and treatment;
(2) to assure the humane treatment of animals during transportation in commerce; and
(3) to protect the owners of animals from the theft of their animals by preventing the sale or use of animals which have been stolen.
The Congress further finds that it is essential to regulate, as provided in this chapter, the transportation, purchase, sale, housing, care, handling, and treatment of animals by carriers or by persons or organizations engaged in using them for research or experimental purposes or for exhibition purposes or holding them for sale as pets or for any such purpose or use.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 2147
(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse
Protection Act enforcement records for the
current year and the preceding three years;
(3) all reports or other materials docu-
menting any violations and non-compliances
observed by USDA officials for the current
year and the preceding three years; and
(4) within six months of receipt by the
agency, all final Animal Welfare Act re-
search facility annual reports, including
their
attachments
with
appropriate
redactions made for confidential business in-
formation that USDA could withhold under
FOIA Exemption 4.
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. B, title VII, § 788, Dec. 20,
2019, 133 Stat. 2657; Pub. L. 117–103, div. A, title
VII, § 765, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 98.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Animal Welfare Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1),
(2), (4), is Pub. L. 89–544, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 350,
which is classified generally to this chapter. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 2131 of this title and
Tables.
The Horse Protection Act, referred to in subsec.
(b)(2), is Pub. L. 91–540, Dec. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 1404, which
is classified generally to chapter 44 (§ 1821 et seq.) of
Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classifica-
tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1821 of Title 15 and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, and also as
part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020, and not as part of the Animal Welfare Act which
comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–103 amended subsec. (b)
gen
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