7 U.S.C. § 2155 — Omitted

Page 1421 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 2156 1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by ‘‘or’’. such regulations. Compliance by research facili- ties 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 pursu- ant 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 Amend- ments of 1976, and those regulations promul- gated thereunder, which relate to actions of in- termediate handlers and carriers, shall com- mence 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 sec- tion 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, § 24, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 94–279, § 15, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 421.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976, re- ferred 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2131, 2132, 2134, 2136, 2139 to 2146, 2149, 2153 to 2155 of this title, and section 3001 of Title 39, Postal Service, repealed section 2150 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 2131 of this title.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, § 1752(a)(1), (c), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1645, 1647. AMENDMENTS 1976—Pub. L. 94–279 inserted provisions setting par- ticular effective dates of compliance for intermediate handlers and carriers and for dealers, exhibitors, opera- tors of auction sales, and research facilities with re- spect to the amendments made by the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976. § 2155. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Pub. L. 89–544, § 25, as added Pub. L. 91–579, § 22, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1565; amended Pub. L. 94–279, § 16, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 421; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1012(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 711, which required the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on licensing, investigation, inspection, and other activity related to carrying out this chapter, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursu- ant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 44 of House Document No. 103–7. § 2156. Animal fighting venture prohibition (a) Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in, at- tending, or causing an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend, an ani- mal fighting venture (1) Sponsoring or exhibiting It shall be unlawful for any person to know- ingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an ani- mal fighting venture. (2) Attending or causing an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend It shall be unlawful for any person to— (A) knowingly attend an animal fighting venture; or (B) knowingly cause an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend an ani- mal fighting venture. (b) Buying, selling, delivering, possessing, train- ing, or transporting animals for participation in animal fighting venture It shall be unlawful for any person to know- ingly sell, buy, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive any animal for purposes of having the animal participate in an animal fighting ven- ture. (c) Use of Postal Service or other interstate in- strumentality for promoting or furthering animal fighting venture It shall be unlawful for any person to know- ingly use the mail service of the United States Postal Service or any instrumentality of inter- state commerce for commercial speech for pur- poses of advertising an animal, or an instrument described in subsection (d), for use in an animal fighting venture, promoting 1 or in any other manner furthering an animal fighting venture except as performed outside the limits of the States of the United States. (d) Buying, selling, delivering, or transporting sharp instruments for use in animal fighting venture It shall be unlawful for any person to know- ingly sell, buy, transport, or deliver in inter- state or foreign commerce a knife, a gaff, or any other sharp instrument attached, or designed or intended to be attached, to the leg of a bird for use in an animal fighting venture. (e) Investigation of violations by Secretary; as- sistance by other Federal agencies; issuance of search warrant; forfeiture; costs recover- able in forfeiture or civil action The Secretary or any other person authorized by him shall make such investigations as the Secretary deems necessary to determine wheth- er any person has violated or is violating any