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[CITE: 7USC2141]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
 
Sec. 2141. Marking and identification of animals

    All animals delivered for transportation, transported, purchased, or 
sold, in commerce, by a dealer or exhibitor shall be marked or 
identified at such time and in such humane manner as the Secretary may 
prescribe: Provided, That only live dogs and cats need be so marked or 
identified by a research facility.

(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 11, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579, 
Sec. 12, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 94-279, Sec. 5, Apr. 22, 
1976, 90 Stat. 418.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-279 substituted ``in commerce'' for ``affecting 
commerce''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-579 applied marking and identification requirements 
to dealers and exhibitors for animals, as defined, instead of only to 
dogs and cats when movements are affecting commerce, but limited such 
requirements for research facilities to only live dogs and cats.


                    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.