7 U.S.C. § 2136
Section 2136 · Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Taub v. State (1983)
Most recently applied in State ex rel. Collier v. N.M. Livestock Bd. (September 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Every research facility, every intermediate handler, every carrier, and every exhibitor not licensed under section 2133 of this title shall register with the Secretary in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–279 inserted “, every intermediate handler, every carrier,” after “research facility”.
1970—Pub. L. 91–579 inserted reference to exhibitors not licensed under section 2133 of this title.
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.