---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2133"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2133"
heading: "Licensing of dealers and exhibitors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2133"
units:
  - "Chapter 54 — Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals"
---

# §2133. Licensing of dealers and exhibitors


The [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b) shall issue licenses to [dealers](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) and [exhibitors](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h) upon application therefor in such form and manner as he may prescribe and upon payment of such fee established pursuant to [2153](/usc/7/2153.md) of this title: Provided, That no such license shall be issued until the [dealer](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) or [exhibitor](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h) shall have demonstrated that his facilities comply with the standards promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b) pursuant to [section 2143 of this title](/usc/7/2143.md): Provided, however, That a [dealer](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) or [exhibitor](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h) shall not be required to obtain a license as a [dealer](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) or [exhibitor](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h) under this chapter if the size of the business is determined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b) to be de minimis. The [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b) is further authorized to license, as [dealers](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) or [exhibitors](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h), [persons](/usc/7/2132.md?p=a) who do not qualify as [dealers](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) or [exhibitors](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h) within the meaning of this chapter upon such [persons](/usc/7/2132.md?p=a)’ complying with the requirements specified above and agreeing, in writing, to comply with all the requirements of this chapter and the regulations promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b) hereunder.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–544, § 3, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91–579, § 4, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12308(a)(2), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 990.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “: Provided, however, That a dealer or exhibitor shall not be required to obtain a license as a dealer or exhibitor under this chapter if the size of the business is determined by the Secretary to be de minimis.” for “: Provided, however, That any retail pet store or other person who derives less than a substantial portion of his income (as determined by the Secretary) from the breeding and raising of dogs or cats on his own premises and sells any such dog or cat to a dealer or research facility shall not be required to obtain a license as a dealer or exhibitor under this chapter.”

1970—Pub. L. 91–579 inserted references to exhibitors and retail pet stores.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment 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.