2009 US Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 44 - PROTECTION OF HORSES
Sec. 1824a - Export of horses
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 44 - PROTECTION OF HORSES Sec. 1824a - Export of horses |
| Contains | section 1824a |
| Date | 2009 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | February 1, 2010 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 521, §3, as added Pub. L. 99-64, title I, §125, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 156. |
| Statutes at Large References | 99 Stat. 156 120 Stat. 1485 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 99-64, Public Law 109-304 |
§1824a. Export of horses (a) Restriction on export of horses
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no horse may be exported by sea from the United States, or any of its territories or possessions, unless such horse is part of a consignment of horses with respect to which a waiver has been granted under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Granting of waiversThe Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, may issue regulations providing for the granting of waivers permitting the export by sea of a specified consignment of horses, if the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, determines that no horse in that consignment is being exported for purposes of slaughter.
(c) Penalties (1) Criminal penaltyAny person who knowingly violates this section or any regulation, order, or license issued under this section shall be fined not more than 5 times the value of the consignment of horses involved or ,000, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(2) Civil penaltyThe Secretary of Commerce, after providing notice and an opportunity for an agency hearing on the record, may impose a civil penalty of not to exceed ,000 for each violation of this section or any regulation, order, or license issued under this section, either in addition to or in lieu of any other liability or penalty which may be imposed.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 521, §3, as added Pub. L. 99–64, title I, §125, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 156.)
CodificationSection was not enacted as part of the Horse Protection Act of 1970 which comprises this chapter.
Section was classified to section 466c of the former Appendix to Title 46, prior to the completion of the enactment of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1485.
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 7(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 2406(j) of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense, prior to the amendment of that Act by the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985, Pub. L. 99–64, which enacted this section.
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