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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Animal Welfare Act · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. **[**Government Purchases**]**

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## Sec. 8 **[**Government Purchases**]** **[**[7 U.S.C. 2138](/us/usc/t7/s2138)**]** No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States which uses animals for research or experimentation or exhibition shall purchase or otherwise acquire any dog or cat for such purposes from any person except an operator of an auction sale subject to section 12 of this Act or a person holding a valid license as a dealer or exhibitor issued by the Secretary pursuant to this Act unless such person is exempted from obtaining such license under section 3 of this Act.
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