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[CITE: 7USC2138]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
 
Sec. 2138. Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government 
        facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of 
        auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors
        
    No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States which 
uses animals for research or experimentation or exhibition shall 
purchase or otherwise acquire any dog or cat for such purposes from any 
person except an operator 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 section 2133 of this title.

(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 8, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579, 
Sec. 9, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562.)


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-579 inserted reference to instrumentalities of the 
United States which use animals for exhibition 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 
Government facilities may acquire dogs or 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.