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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 3059"
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description: "Unfair or deceptive acts or practices"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "57A"
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chapter_name: "HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY"
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section: "3059"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 3059"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s3059"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 15 U.S.C. § 3059 - Unfair or deceptive acts or practices
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## Text
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The sale of a covered horse, or of any other horse in anticipation of its future participation in a covered race, shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under section 45(a) of this title if the seller—
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(1) knows or has reason to know the horse has been administered—
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(A) a bisphosphonate prior to the horse’s fourth birthday; or
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(B) any other substance or method the Authority determines has a long-term degrading effect on the soundness of the covered horse; and
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(2) fails to disclose to the buyer the administration of the bisphosphonate or other substance or method described in paragraph (1)(B).
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(Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title XII, § 1210, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3274.)
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