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USDA - Proposed Regulations

This section contains select rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations printed in the Federal Register. The section also contains comments NABR or allied organizations have submitted.

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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Birds, Rats and Mice Not Bred for Research
(Published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2004)
An advance notice of proposed rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS), states “we are also considering several changes to the regulations to help promote the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of birds, rats, and mice not specifically excluded from coverage under the AWA.” The notice includes a request for comments on three specific issues. For full text and details about the proposed rulemaking, please click here (pdf).

Effective Date for Determination to Regulate Foreign Air Carriers
(Published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2004)
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed its determination to apply the “Animal Welfare Act regulations and standards for the humane transportation of animals in commerce to all foreign air carriers operating to or from any point within the United States…” The effective date for the determination to regulate was April 7, 2004. For the full text of the notice included in the Federal Register, click here (pdf).

Proposed Rule on Animal Medical Records
(Published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2003)
USDA-APHIS has issued proposed amendments to the AWA regulations that would require research facilities, dealers and exhibitors to maintain animal medical records as part of their adequate veterinary care programs. USDA-APHIS says it is necessary to implement this rule since maintaining such records is "implied," but not specifically required under the AWA; that it would serve as a means of communication between the agency and the regulated community to ensure that animals are receiving proper care; and that such records would provide a basis for APHIS “…to better assess veterinary care programs.” For the full text of the proposed rule, click here (pdf).

For NABR’s comments on the proposed rule, click here (pdf).

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