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[CITE: 7USC2133]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
 
Sec. 2133. Licensing of dealers and exhibitors

    The Secretary shall issue licenses to dealers and exhibitors upon 
application therefor in such form and manner as he may prescribe and 
upon payment of such fee established pursuant to 2153 of this title: 
Provided, That no such license shall be issued until the dealer or 
exhibitor shall have demonstrated that his facilities comply with the 
standards promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to section 2143 of this 
title: Provided, however, That any retail pet store or other person who 
derives less than a substantial portion of his income (as determined by 
the Secretary) from the breeding and raising of dogs or cats on his own 
premises and sells any such dog or cat to a dealer or research facility 
shall not be required to obtain a license as a dealer or exhibitor under 
this chapter. The Secretary is further authorized to license, as dealers 
or exhibitors, persons who do not qualify as dealers or exhibitors 
within the meaning of this chapter upon such persons' complying with the 
requirements specified above and agreeing, in writing, to comply with 
all the requirements of this chapter and the regulations promulgated by 
the Secretary hereunder.

(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 3, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579, 
Sec. 4, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561.)


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-579 inserted references to exhibitors and retail 
pet stores.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139 of 
this title.