H.R. 6042 · 109th Congress

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carrying out a National Animal Identification System or similar requirement and to require the Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary animal identification system.

Stage: In committee
Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson
Introduced: 2006-09-07
Latest action: 2006-09-18 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .

Subjects

Agriculture and food

Livestock

Animals

Federal preemption

Government Operations and Politics

Government paperwork

Government publicity

Local laws

State laws

Animal diseases