{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s1822","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1822.","heading":"Congressional statement of findings","text":"\u00a7\u202f1822.\nCongressional statement of findings\nThe Congress finds and declares that\u2014\n(1) the soring of horses is cruel and inhumane;\n(2) horses shown or exhibited which are sore, where such soreness improves the performance of such horse, compete unfairly with horses which are not sore;\n(3) the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore horses in intrastate commerce adversely affects and burdens interstate and foreign commerce;\n(4) all horses which are subject to regulation under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce; and\n(5) regulation under this chapter by the Secretary is appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon commerce and to effectively regulate commerce.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s1822.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1822","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1822."},{"t":"heading","text":"Congressional statement of findings","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Congress finds and declares that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1822/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the soring of horses is cruel and inhumane;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1822/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" horses shown or exhibited which are sore, where such soreness improves the performance of such horse, compete unfairly with horses which are not sore;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1822/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore horses in intrastate commerce adversely affects and burdens interstate and foreign commerce;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1822/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" all horses which are subject to regulation under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1822/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" regulation under this chapter by the Secretary is appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon commerce and to effectively regulate commerce.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}