Sec. 2. Protection of pets

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Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2137 ) is amended to read as follows: In this section, the term person means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, pound, shelter, or other legal entity. No research facility or Federal research facility may use a dog or cat for research or educational purposes if the dog or cat was obtained from a person other than a person described in subsection (d). No person, other than a person described in subsection (d), may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to any research facility or Federal research facility.

A person from whom a research facility or a Federal research facility may obtain a dog or cat for research or educational purposes under subsection (b), and a person who may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research facility under subsection (c), shall be— a dealer licensed under section 3 that has bred and raised the dog or cat; a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that— is registered with the Secretary; is in compliance with section 28(a)(1) and with the requirements for dealers in subsections

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(c)of section 28; and obtained the dog or cat from its legal owner, other than a pound or shelter; a person that is donating the dog or cat and that— bred and raised the dog or cat; or owned the dog or cat for not less than 1 year immediately preceding the donation; a research facility licensed by the Secretary; and a Federal research facility licensed by the Secretary. A person that violates this section shall be fined $1,000 for each violation. A penalty under this subsection shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty. Nothing in this section requires a pound or shelter to sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research facility or Federal research facility. . Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2138 ) is amended— by striking Sec. 8. No department and inserting the following: Except as provided in section 7, no department ; by striking research or experimentation or ; and by striking such purposes and inserting that purpose . Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2158(b)(1) ) is amended by striking individual or entity and inserting research facility or Federal research facility .

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Sec. 2

Protection of pets

U.S.C.§ 2137

U.S.C.§ 2138

U.S.C.§ 2158

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