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# 7 U.S.C. § 2136 - Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors

## Text

Every research facility, every intermediate handler, every carrier, and every exhibitor not licensed under section 2133 of this title shall register with the Secretary in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

(Pub. L. 89–544, § 6, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91–579, § 7, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 94–279, § 6, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 418.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94–279 inserted “, every intermediate handler, every carrier,” after “research facility”. 1970—Pub. L. 91–579 inserted reference to exhibitors not licensed under section 2133 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1970 AmendmentAmendment 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.