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7 U.S.C. 2142: Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-544. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 2135, 7 U.S.C. 2137, 7 U.S.C. 2138, 7 U.S.C. 2139, 7 U.S.C. 2146.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–279 substituted "in commerce" for "affecting commerce" in two places.

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–579 extended requirements for recordkeeping and humane standards to exhibitors and operators of auction sales, with such requirements to apply to animals as defined instead of only to cats and dogs when transactions in auction sales are affecting commerce, and required operators of aucti…

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.