US Code
CHAPTER 54— TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
§ 2146a. Searchable database requirements

(a) within 60 calendar days, restore on its website the searchable database and its contents that were available on January 30, 2017, and all content generated since that date; and
(b) hereafter, make publicly available via searchable database, in their entirety without redactions except signatures, the following records:(1) all final Animal Welfare Act inspection reports, including all reports documenting all Animal Welfare Act violations and non-compliances observed by USDA officials and all animal inventories for the current year and the preceding three years;
(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act enforcement records for the current year and the preceding three years;
(3) all reports or other materials documenting any violations and non-compliances observed by USDA officials for the current year and the preceding three years; and
(4) within six months of receipt by the agency, all final Animal Welfare Act research facility annual reports, including their attachments with appropriate redactions made for confidential business information that USDA could withhold under FOIA Exemption 4.

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Title 7— AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 54— TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS

§ 2131. Congressional statement of policy

§ 2132. Definitions

§ 2133. Licensing of dealers and exhibitors

§ 2134. Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required

§ 2135. Time period for disposal of dogs or cats by dealers or exhibitors

§ 2136. Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors

§ 2137. Purchase of dogs or cats by research facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors

§ 2138. Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors

§ 2139. Principal-agent relationship established

§ 2140. Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers

§ 2141. Marking and identification of animals

§ 2142. Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales

§ 2143. Standards and certification process for humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals

§ 2144. Humane standards for animals by United States Government facilities

§ 2145. Consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governmental bodies by Secretary of Agriculture

§ 2146. Administration and enforcement by Secretary

§ 2146a. Searchable database requirements

§ 2147. Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies

§ 2148. Importation of live dogs

§ 2149. Violations by licensees

§ 2150. Repealed. , ,

§ 2151. Rules and regulations

§ 2152. Separability

§ 2153. Fees and authorization of appropriations

§ 2154. Effective dates

§ 2155. Omitted

§ 2156. Animal fighting venture prohibition

§ 2157. Release of trade secrets

§ 2158. Protection of pets

§ 2159. Authority to apply for injunctions

§ 2160. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption