Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1821 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1821 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 91-540, Sec. 2, Dec. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 1404; Pub. L. 94-
360, Sec. 3, July 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 915.)
AMENDMENTS
1976 - Pub. L. 94-360 added pars. (1) and (2), redesignated
subsec. (a), defining "sore" as meaning that certain substances or
devices had been applied to any limb of a horse prior to Dec. 9,
1970, resulting in, or reasonably likely to result in, such horse
suffering physical pain or distress when walking or trotting, as
par. (3) and, as so redesignated, struck out requirement that such
substance or device had to have been applied prior to Dec. 9, 1970
in order for a horse to be considered "sored" for purposes of this
chapter, and substituted par. (4) defining "State" for subsec. (b)
defining "commerce" as between a point in any State or possession
of the United States and any point outside thereof, or between
points within the same State or possession of the United States but
through any place outside thereof, or within the District of
Columbia, or from any foreign country to any point within the
United States.
SHORT TITLE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 94-360 provided that: "This Act [amending
this section and sections 1822 to 1825, 1827, 1830, and 1831 of
this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under this
section and section 1831 of this title] may be cited as the 'Horse
Protection Act Amendments of 1976'."
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 91-540, as amended by Pub. L. 94-360, Sec.
2, July 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 915, provided: "That this Act [enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the 'Horse Protection Act of 1970'."
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see
note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and
Insular Possessions.