House of Representatives. Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture; Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Animal Research Facility Protection Hearing, 28 February 1990. Washington: Government Printing Office, 176 p.
Call Number: KF27.A33277 1990f

"Animal Welfare- Standards for Horses and Other Farm Animals, Advance notice of proposed rule making." Federal Register Vol. 55, No. 66 (5 April 1990), 12667.
Summary: We are considering establishing standards designed specifically for the humane care of horses used for biomedical or other nonagricultural research and for the humane care of other farm animals used for biomedical or other nonagricultural research, or for nonagricultural exhibition, and are soliciting comments regarding appropriate standards. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, we are publishing a determination to regulate these animals under the Animal Welfare Act.

"intent to Regulate Horse and Other Farm Animals Under the Animal Welfare Act; Technical Amendment of Definition, Determination to regulate and technical amendment." Federal Register Vol. 55, No. 66 (5 April 1990), 12630-12631.
Summary: This document gives notice that we intend to begin regulating the handling, care, treatment, and transportation of horses and other farm animals under the AWA. We intend to include horses used for biomedical or other nonagricultural research, and other farm animals used for biomedical or other nonagricultural research, or for nonagricultural exhibition, as regulated animals under the Act. This action is necessary to promote the humane care of these animals. We are also making a technical amendment of the definition of "animal" in the Animal Welfare regulations to add several words that were inadvertently omittted when the definition was published in the Federal Register. This change is necessary to clarify the intent of the definition.

"Animal Welfare; Guinea Pigs, Hamsters, and Rabbits, Final Rule." Federal Register Vol. 55, No. 136 (16 July 1990), 28879-28884.
Summary: We are amending the regulations for the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits by revising the space requirments for primary enclosures and reinstating requirements concerning the temperature and ventilation in cargo space in primary conveyances. These actions are necessary to ensure the humane handling of these animals in transport, to update the regulations, and in accordance with teh 1985 amendments to the AWA, to make the regulations more consisten with other Federal regulations and guidelines concerning the handling, care, treatment, and transportation of these animals.

House of Representatives. Committe on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1989 Hearing, 17 July 1990. Washington: Government Printing Office, 306 p.
Call Number: KF27.A33277 1990e

"Animal Welfare; Standards, Proposed Rule." Federal Register Vol. 55, No. 158 (15 August 1990), 33448-33531.
Summary: We are proposing to amend the regulations for the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of dogs and cats, and nonhuman primates, by completely revising and rewriting those regulations. This proposed rule is a revision of a proposed rule previously published in the Federal Register on March 15, 1989. The revised proposed rule reflects our consideration of the approximately 10,700 comments received in response to that proposal, our experience in administering and enforcing the regulations, to make them more consistent with other Federal regulations concerning the handling, care, treatment, and transportation of these animals, and to comply with the amendments to the Animal Welfare Act enacted December 23, 1985. Rewriting the regulations is also intended to make them easier to understand, thereby increasing compliance and making them more effective.

"Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990." (Public Law 101-624), United States Statutes at Large. Section 2503 - Protection of Pets. Approved 28 November 1990.
Online: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/pl101624.htm
Summary: Enacted November 28, 1990, and establishes a holding period for dogs and cats at shelters and other holding facilities before sale to dealers. It requires dealers to provide written certification regarding each animal's background to the recipient. Specific items included on the certificate are mechanisms of enforcement, injunctions, and penalties for violation.

"Animal Welfare; Standards; Part 3, Final Rule." Federal Register Vol. 55, No. 32 (15 February 1991), 6426-6505.
Online: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awadog.htm
Summary: Often referred to as the "Preamble" to the Animal Welfare Act amendments of 1985, the explanations of the regulations are used to identify the intent of the regulations published in Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. This issue contains final regulations developed to enact the 1985 amendments to the Animal Welfare Act covering the Standards section. Extensive commentary is provided to respond to public comments about each of the proposed regulations. Comments and final regulations are provided concerning exercise in dogs and psychological well-being in nonhuman primates.

"Random Source Dogs and Cats, Proposed Rule." Federal Register Vol. 56, No. 221 (15 November 1991), 57991-57994.
Summary: We are proposing to amend the regulations under the Animal Welfare At to require that dogs and cats acquired by (1) pounds and shelters owned and operated by States, counties, and cities, (2) private entities established for the purpose of caring for animals, such as humane societies or contract pounds or shelters, and (3) research facilities licensed by the Department of Agriculture, must be held and cared for at those establishments for at least 5 days before being sold to a dealer. We are also proposing to amend the regulations to require dealers provide a valid certification to anyone acquiring random source dogs and cats from them. These proposed amendments are being made pursuant to the recent amendment of the AWA, which was enacted to prohibit the use of stolen pets in research and to provide owners the opportunity to locate their animals.

House of Representatives. Committee on Agriculture, Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1992 (to accompany H.R. 2407). (House Report No. 102-498; 9 April 1992). Washington: Government Printing Office, 17 p.
Call Number: HV4764.U54 1992

House of Representatives. Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. Review of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act, Specifically of Animals Used in Exhibitions Hearing, 8 July 1992. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1071 p.
Call Number: KF27.A33277 1992a

"Random Source Dogs and Cats, Final Rule." Federal Register Vol. 58, No. 139 (22 July 1993)
Online: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/cat1.htm
Summary: The amendment to the Act was enacted to prevent the use of stolen pets in research and to provide owners the opportunity to locate their animals. The final rules implementing the 1990 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act and amending the animal welfare regulations by requiring pounds and shelters to hold and care for dogs and cats for at least 5 days (including one weekend day) before providing them to a dealer. Dealers must provide valid certification to anyone acquiring random source dogs and cats from them. Public comments and rationale for the regulatory decisions are discussed. This information updates Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart A, Parts 1 and 2.

"Correction, Random Source Cats and Dogs, Final Rule; Correction." Federal Register Vol. 58, No. 164 (26 August 1993)
Online: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/cat2.htm
Summary: Revises several sentences in the original final rule, published in the Federal Register on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39124-39130, Docket No. 91-035-3). Corrected an error that established regulations under the Animal Welfare Act regarding the housing and care of dogs and cats held by certain facilities that provide these animals to dealers, and that also added certification requirements regarding random source dogs and cats provided by dealers. The rule was promulgated under the Act to prevent the use of stolen pets in research and to provide owners the opportunity to locate their animals.