7 U.S.C. § 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2012–2016 · leading case: United States v. Gibert, 677 F.3d 613 (4th Cir. 2012).
United States v. Gibert, 677 F.3d 613 (4th Cir. 2012). “§§ 2137 , 2140, 2143), and the purchasing of, and standards of care for, animals used in United States Government facilities ( 7 U.S.C. §§ 2138 , 2144). The congressional statement of policy in the AWA states that “[t]he Congress finds that animals and activities which are…”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Vilsack, 169 F. Supp. 3d 6 (D.D.C. 2016). ““Because Congress has expressly delegated authority to USDA to elucidate the meaning of 7 U.S.C. § 2138 through regulation, those regulations ‘are given controlling weight unless arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute.”
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