Animal Law: Federal Acts and Regulations

• Fishery Conservation Amendments (1990)
   
• Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  see: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
• Food and Rest Law
  see: Twenty-Eight Hour Law
• Fur Seal Act (1966)
   
• Fur Seal Act Amendments (1983)
   
• Great Ape Conservation Act (2000)
   
• High Seas Fishing Compliance Act (1995)
   
• Horse Protection Act (1970)
   
• Horse Protection Act Amendments (1976)
   
• Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (1978)
   
•  Authorization Act (2000)
   
• International Dolphin Conservation Act (1992)
   
• International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (1997)
   
• Lacey Act (1900)
   
• Lacey Act Amendments (1981)
   
• Live Stock Transportation Act
  see: Twenty-Eight Hour Law
   
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1976)
   
• Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Act (1992)
   
• Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972)
   
• Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments (1994)
   
• Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act (2000)
   
• Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act (1987)
   
• Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (1972)
   
• Marine Turtle Conservation Act (2004)
   
• Migratory Bird Conservation Act (1929)
   
• Military Animals: Transfer and Adoption
   
• Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act (2007)
   
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (1984)
   
• National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (1966)

• Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (2000)
   
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act (1990)
• North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act (1992)
• Northern Pacific Halibut Act (1982)
• Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act (1995)
   
• Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (1985)
   
• Pacific Whiting Act (2006)
   
• Partnerships for Wildlife Act (1992)
   
• Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (2006)
   
• Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (1937)
   
• Recreation Hunting Safety and Preservation Act (1994)
   
• Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act (1998)
   
• Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act (1980)
   
• Shark Conservation Act (2010)
   
• Shark Finning Prohibition Act (2000)
   
• Sikes Act (1960)
   
• South Pacific Tuna Act (1988)
   
• Swine Health Protection Act (1980)
   
• Twenty-Eight Hour Law (Transportation of Animals) (1906)
   
• United States - Russia Polar Bear Conservation and Management Act (2006)
   
• Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (2007)
   
• Whale Conservation and Protection Study Act (1976)
   
• Whaling Convention Act (1949)
   
• Wild Bird Conservation Act (1992)
   
• Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (1971)
   
• Wild Horse Annie Act (1959)
   
• Wild Horses' Act
  see: Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
• Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act (2000)
   
• Wildlife Conservation Act
  see: Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
• Wildlife Restoration Act
  see: Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act
• Yukon River Salmon Act (1995)

Animal Regulations are concentrated in several Titles of the CFR:

Title 7 - Agriculture

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products

Title 21 - Food and Drugs

Title 40 - Protection of the Environment

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries  

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