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 PUBLIC LAW 94-360—JULY 13, 1976

90 STAT. 915

Public Law 94-360 94th Congress An Act To revise and extend the Horse Protection Act of 1970.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Horse Protection Act Amendments of 1976", (b) Whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Horse Protection Act of 1970. SEC. 2. The first section is amended by striking out "of 1970". SEC. 3. Section 2 (15 U.S.C. 1821) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise requires: "(1) The term 'management' means any person who organizes, exercises control over, or administers or who is responsible for organizing, directing, or administering. "(2) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Agriculture. ' (3) The term 'sore' when used to describe a horse means that— "(A) an irritating or blistering agent has been applied, internally or externally, by a person to any limb of a horse, "(B) any burn, cut, or laceration has been inflicted by a person on any limb of a horse, "(C) any tack, nail, screw, or chemical agent has been injected by a person into or used by a person on any limb of a horse, or "(D) any other substance or device has been used by a person on any limb of a horse or a person has engaged in a practice involving a horse, and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use, or practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to suffer, physical pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when walking, trotting, or otherwise moving, except that such term does not include such an application, infliction, injection, use, or practice in connection with the therapeutic treatment of a horse by or under the supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State in which such treatment was given. "(4) The term 'State' means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.". SEC. 4. Section 3 (15 U.S.C. 1822) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. The Congress finds and declares that— " (1 ^ the soring of horses is cruel and inhumane; "(2) horses shown or exhibited which are sore, where such soreness improves the performance of such horse, compete unfairly with horses which are not sore; "(3) the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore horses in intrastate commerce adversely affects and burdens interstate and foreign commerce;

July 13, 1976 [S. 811] Horse Protection Act Amendments of 1976. 15 USC 1821 note.

15 USC 1821 note. Definitions.

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