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[CITE: 7USC2147]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
 
Sec. 2147. Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement 
        agencies
        
    The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring 
dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales 
subject to section 2142 of this title to permit inspection of their 
animals and records at reasonable hours upon request by legally 
constituted law enforcement agencies in search of lost animals.

(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 17, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 91-579, 
Sec. 18, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1564.)


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-579 substituted ``promulgate rules and regulations 
requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of 
auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title'' for ``issue rules 
and regulations requiring licensed dealers and research facilities''.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-579 effective 30 days after Dec. 24, 1970, 
see section 23 of Pub. L. 91-579, set out as a note under section 2131 
of this title.