---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
key: "ch44"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 44"
heading: "Protection of Horses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch44"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 44 — Protection of Horses

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

## Sections

- [§1821. Definitions](/usc/15/1821.md)
- [§1822. Congressional statement of findings](/usc/15/1822.md)
- [§1823. Horse shows and exhibitions](/usc/15/1823.md)
- [§1824. Unlawful acts](/usc/15/1824.md)
- [§1824a. Export of horses](/usc/15/1824a.md)
- [§1825. Violations and penalties](/usc/15/1825.md)
- [§1826. Notice of violations to Attorney General](/usc/15/1826.md)
- [§1827. Utilization of personnel of Department of Agriculture and officers and employees of consenting States; technical and other nonfinancial assistance to State](/usc/15/1827.md)
- [§1828. Rules and regulations](/usc/15/1828.md)
- [§1829. Preemption of State laws; concurrent jurisdiction; prohibition on certain State action](/usc/15/1829.md)
- [§1830. Omitted](/usc/15/1830.md)
- [§1831. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/15/1831.md)