Sec. 3. Transportation
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Section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2132 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The term transporter means any person, department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government, other than a carrier or intermediate handler, who receives an animal from any importer, dealer, research facility, exhibitor, operator of an auction sale, or department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government and receives compensation for moving such animal in commerce.
The term compensation means any act or consideration or thing of value received by a person directly, including cash or noncash benefits, cost-avoidance, obtaining positive or avoiding negative publicity, an exchange of services, or maintaining a license issued under local, State, or Federal government authority. The term sell or resell means to transfer of ownership or control of an animal, including by sale, adoption, exchange, or donation. . Section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2143 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(4)— in the first sentence, by striking air carriers, and inserting transporters, air carriers, ; and by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary shall provide, by regulation, that each transporter, intermediate handler, or carrier receiving a certificate of veterinary inspection required under this section shall submit a copy of the certificate to the Secretary, who shall record the information in a centralized, publicly available database. ; and by redesignating subsections
(g)and
(h)as subsections
(h)and (i), respectively; and by striking
(f)No dogs or cats and inserting
(g)No dogs or cats ; in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (3)— in the first sentence— by inserting importer, before dealer ; and by inserting , transporter, after intermediate handler each place it appears; and in the second sentence— by inserting , transporters, after intermediate handlers ; and by striking section 10 of this Act and inserting subsection (a)(4) .
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