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7 U.S.C. § 2139 — Principal-agent relationship established
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When construing or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by a research facility, a dealer, or an exhibitor or a person licensed as a dealer or an exhibitor pursuant to the second sentence of [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim), or an operator of an auction sale subject to [section 2142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2142&num=0&edition=prelim), or an intermediate handler, or a carrier, within the scope of his employment or office, shall be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such research facility, dealer, exhibitor, licensee, operator of an auction sale, intermediate handler, or carrier, as well as of such person.
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When construing or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by a research facility, a dealer, or an exhibitor or a person licensed as a dealer or an exhibitor pursuant to the second sentence of [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim), or an operator of an auction sale subject to [section 2142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2142&num=0&edition=prelim), or an intermediate handler, or a carrier, within the scope of his employment or office, shall be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such research facility, dealer, exhibitor, licensee, operator of an auction sale, intermediate handler, or carrier, as well as of such person.
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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 Secretary shall issue licenses to dealers and exhibitors upon application therefor in such form and manner as he may prescribe and upon payment of such fee established pursuant to 2153 of this title: Provided, That no such license shall be issued until the dealer or exhibitor shall have demonstrated that his facilities comply with the standards promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to [section 2143 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2143&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided, however, That a dealer or exhibitor shall not be required to obtain a license as a dealer or exhibitor under this chapter if the size of the business is determined by the Secretary to be de minimis. The Secretary is further authorized to license, as dealers or exhibitors, persons who do not qualify as dealers or exhibitors within the meaning of this chapter upon such persons’ complying with the requirements specified above and agreeing, in writing, to comply with all the requirements of this chapter and the regulations promulgated by the Secretary hereunder.
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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
§ 2140
such person is exempted from obtaining such li-
cense under section 2133 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–544, § 7, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351;
Pub. L. 91–579, § 8, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1970—Pub. L. 91–579 added licensed exhibitors and op-
erators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this
title to the enumeration of persons from whom re-
search facilities may purchase dogs or cats.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
§ 2138. Purchase of dogs or cats by United States
Government facilities prohibited except from
authorized operators of auction sales and li-
censed dealers or exhibitors
No department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States which uses animals for re-
search or experimentation or exhibition shall
purchase or otherwise acquire any dog or cat for
such purposes from any person except an oper-
ator 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 sec-
tion 2133 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–544, § 8, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351;
Pub. L. 91–579, § 9, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1970—Pub. L. 91–579 inserted reference to instrumen-
talities of the United States which use animals for ex-
hibition 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 Gov-
ernment fac
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