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Committee postpones Department of Agriculture rule on bovine importation for further clarification
Summary
Staff raised multiple drafting issues in the Department of Agriculture's draft on bovine importation — unclear CFR citation, a misplaced definition reference, and a conflict over permit documentation — and the committee voted to postpone the rule until the agency provides written fixes or a conditional approval request.
The Administrative Rules Committee postponed consideration of a Department of Agriculture proposal on the importation of bovines and domestic animals after staff pointed to several substantive drafting problems.
Staff said the rule's citation to 9 CFR was too broad for a provision specific to equine infectious anemia testing and requested a more specific…
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