You are here: Home / Government and Professional Resources / Federal Laws / Twenty-Eight Hour Law                                                                                                                                                  Printable Page Twenty-Eight Hour Law (49 USC, § 80502) Government Printing Office. Text of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law (transportation of animals). 28 hour law of 1873 (amended 1994) Law originally passed in 1873 that covers transportation, unloading, feeding, watering, and rest of animals. Statement of Policy Under the Twenty-Eight Hour Law (9 CFR, Part 89) Government Printing Office. From the Title 9, Animals and Animal Products, Code of Federal Regulations. Provides information on feeding, watering, and resting of transported livestock. Last Modified: Apr 22, 2009

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