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[CITE: 7USC2139]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
 
Sec. 2139. Principal-agent relationship established

    When construing or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the 
act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by a 
research facility, a dealer, or an exhibitor or a person licensed as a 
dealer or an exhibitor pursuant to the second sentence of section 2133 
of this title, or an operator of an auction sale subject to section 2142 
of this title, or an intermediate handler, or a carrier, within the 
scope of his employment or office, shall be deemed the act, omission, or 
failure of such research facility, dealer, exhibitor, licensee, operator 
of an auction sale, intermediate handler, or carrier, as well as of such 
person.

(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 9, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579, 
Sec. 10, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 94-279, Sec. 7, Apr. 22, 
1976, 90 Stat. 418.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-279 inserted ``or an intermediate handler, or a 
carrier,'' after ``section 2142 of this title,'' and substituted 
``operator of an auction sale, intermediate handler, or carrier, as well 
as of such person.'' for ``or an operator of an auction sale as well as 
of such person.'' after ``research facility, dealer, exhibitor, 
licensee,''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-579 inserted references to persons acting for or 
employed by exhibitors, persons licensed as exhibitors, and operators of 
auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-579 effective one year after Dec. 24, 1970, 
see section 23 of Pub. L. 91-579, set out as a note under section 2131 
of this title.
