15 USC § 3059 - Unfair or deceptive acts or practices

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s3059"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 3059 - Unfair or deceptive acts or practices"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "3059"
section_name: "Unfair or deceptive acts or practices"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title XII, § 1210, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3274.)"
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# § 3059. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices

The sale of a covered horse, or of any other horse in anticipation of its future participation in a covered race, shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under section 45(a) of this title if the seller—

**(1)** knows or has reason to know the horse has been administered—

**(A)** a bisphosphonate prior to the horse’s fourth birthday; or

**(B)** any other substance or method the Authority determines has a long-term degrading effect on the soundness of the covered horse; and

**(2)** fails to disclose to the buyer the administration of the bisphosphonate or other substance or method described in paragraph (1)(B).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title XII, § 1210, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3274.)