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The '''Animal Welfare Act''' ('''Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966''', {{uspl|89|544}}) was signed into law by President | The '''Animal Welfare Act''' ('''Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966''', {{uspl|89|544}}) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966.<ref name="pritt2015">{{cite journal |title=Spotlight on Animal Welfare |author=Pritt, Stacy |journal=[[Advantage Business Media#ALN Mag.|ALN Mag.]] |url=http://www.alnmag.com/articles/2015/05/spotlight-animal-welfare |via=alnmag.com |date=20 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524063632/http://www.alnmag.com/articles/2015/05/spotlight-animal-welfare |archive-date=24 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the main federal law in the [[United States]] that regulates the treatment of animals in research and exhibition. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species coverage or specifications for animal care and use, but all refer to the Animal Welfare Act (otherwise known as the "AWA") as the minimally acceptable standard for animal treatment and care. The [[USDA]] and [[APHIS]] oversee the AWA and the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have primary legislative jurisdiction over the Act. Animals covered under this Act include any live or dead cat, dog, hamster, rabbit, nonhuman [[primate]], guinea pig, and any other [[warm-blooded]] animal determined by the Secretary of Agriculture for research, pet use or exhibition.<ref name="Aglaw">{{cite web|title=The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation|url=http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RS22493.pdf|publisher=Congressional Research Service|access-date=1 June 2012|author=Tadlock Cowan|date=9 September 2010|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184240/http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RS22493.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Excluded from the Act are [[bird]]s, rats of the genus ''Rattus'' ([[laboratory rats]]), mice of the genus ''Mus'' ([[laboratory mice]]), [[Livestock|farm animal]]s, and all [[Ectotherm|cold-blooded]] animals.<ref name="Farm" /> | ||
As enacted in 1966, the AWA required all animal dealers to be registered and licensed as well as liable to monitoring by Federal regulators and suspension of their license if they violate any provisions of the Animal Welfare Act and imprisonment of up to a year accompanied by a fine of $1,000.<ref name=OTT>{{cite book | As enacted in 1966, the AWA required all animal dealers to be registered and licensed as well as liable to monitoring by Federal regulators and suspension of their license if they violate any provisions of the Animal Welfare Act and imprisonment of up to a year accompanied by a fine of $1,000.<ref name=OTT>{{cite book | ||