; (5) by inserting after paragraph (15) (as so designated) the following: (16) Sell; resell The term sell or resell means to transfer ownership or control of an animal, including by sale, adoption, exchange, or donation. ; and (6) by adding at the end the following: (18) Transporter The term transporter means any person, department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government, other than a carrier or intermediate handler, who— (A) receives an animal from any importer, dealer, research facility, exhibitor, operator of an auction sale, or department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government; and (B) receives compensation for moving that animal in commerce. . (b) Humane standards Section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2143 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking air carriers, and inserting transporters, air carriers, ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall provide, by regulation, that each transporter, intermediate handler, or carrier receiving a certificate of veterinary inspection required under this section shall submit a copy of the certificate to the Secretary, who shall record the information in a centralized, publicly available database and share the information with the appropriate State veterinarians. ; (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; (3) in the second subsection (f) (relating to certificates of inspection required for delivery of an animal), by striking (f) No dogs or cats and inserting the following: (g) No dogs or cats ; and (4) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— (A) in the first sentence— (i) by inserting importer, before dealer, ; and (ii) by inserting , transporter, after intermediate handler ; and (B) in the second sentence— (i) by inserting , the transporters, after the intermediate handlers