{"data":{"id":"us/15-u.s.c.-1822","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 U.S.C. § 1822","heading":"Congressional statement of findings","body":"The Congress finds and declares that—(1) the soring of horses is cruel and inhumane; (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; (3) the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore horses in intrastate commerce adversely affects and burdens interstate and foreign commerce; (4) all horses which are subject to regulation under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce; and (5) regulation under this chapter by the Secretary is appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon commerce and to effectively regulate commerce.","path":["Title 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE","CHAPTER 44—PROTECTION OF HORSES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc15@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:39Z","sha256":"21c99b5f33f7e4e672a263dfd3c5050b8bd8dd633add32279c76b25da925b42b","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-u.s.c.-1821","next":"us/15-u.s.c.-1823"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}