- animal
means any live bird, or any live mammal, except man.
- animal fighting venture
means any event, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, that involves a fight conducted or to be conducted between at least 2 animals for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment, except that the term “animal fighting venture” shall not be deemed to include any activity the primary purpose of which involves the use of one or more animals in hunting another animal;
- carrier
means the operator of any airline, railroad, motor carrier, shipping line, or other enterprise, which is engaged in the business of transporting any animals for hire.
- commerce
means trade, traffic, transportation, or other commerce—
- Committee
means the Institutional Animal Committee established under section 2143(b) of this title.
- dealer
means any person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit, delivers for transportation, or transports, except as a carrier, buys, or sells, or negotiates the purchase or sale of, (1) any dog or other animal whether alive or dead for research, teaching, exhibition, or use as a pet, or (2) any dog for hunting, security, or breeding purposes.
- exhibitor
means any person (public or private) exhibiting any animals, which were purchased in commerce or the intended distribution of which affects commerce, or will affect commerce, to the public for compensation, as determined by the Secretary, and such term includes carnivals, circuses, and zoos exhibiting such animals whether operated for profit or not;
- Federal agency
means an Executive agency as such term is defined in section 105 of title 5, and with respect to any research facility means the agency from which the research facility receives a Federal award for the conduct of research, experimentation, or testing, involving the use of animals.
- Federal research facility
means each department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States which uses live animals for research or experimentation.
- importer
means any person who, for purposes of resale, transports into the United States puppies from a foreign country.
- instrumentality of interstate commerce
means any written, wire, radio, television or other form of communication in, or using a facility of, interstate commerce;
- intermediate handler
means any person including a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government (other than a dealer, research facility, exhibitor, any person excluded from the definition of a dealer, research facility, or exhibitor, an operator of an auction sale, or a carrier) who is engaged in any business in which he receives custody of animals in connection with their transportation in commerce.
- person
includes any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity.
- quorum
means a majority of the Committee members.
- resale
includes any transfer of ownership or control of an imported dog of less than 6 months of age to another person, for more than de minimis consideration.
- research facility
means any school (except an elementary or secondary school), institution, organization, or person that uses or intends to use live animals in research, tests, or experiments, and that (1) purchases or transports live animals in commerce, or (2) receives funds under a grant, award, loan, or contract from a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States for the purpose of carrying out research, tests, or experiments: Provided, That the Secretary may exempt, by regulation, any such school, institution, organization, or person that does not use or intend to use live dogs or cats, except those schools, institutions, organizations, or persons, which use substantial numbers (as determined by the Secretary) of live animals the principal function of which schools, institutions, organizations, or persons, is biomedical research or testing, when in the judgment of the Secretary, any such exemption does not vitiate the purpose of this chapter.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his representative who shall be an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture.
- State
means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States;