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Horse Protection Amendments; Further Delay of Effective Date, and Request for Comment
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 21, 2025. It took effect on April 2, 2025. Comments closed on May 20, 2025.
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What the agency says
On May 8, 2024, we published a final rule amending the horse protection regulations. The amendments to the final rule initially scheduled to go into effect on February 1, 2025, were delayed until April 2, 2025. In this document, we are further delaying the effective date of the amendments effective April 2, 2025, to February 1, 2026. We are also seeking comment on whether the length of this postponement should be extended and soliciting any supplemental information that may help inform a decision regarding an appropriate length of postponement.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-04813
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; further delay of effective date and request for comment
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Published
- March 21, 2025
- Takes effect
- April 2, 2025
- Comments due
- May 20, 2025
- Dates
- As of March 21, 2025, the amendments to 9 CFR 11.1 through 11.18 effective February 1, 2025, (89 FR 39194), delayed until April 2, 2025, (90 FR 8253), are further delayed until February 1, 2026. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May 20, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. APHIS-2022-0004
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0579-AE70
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 9 CFR 11
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 4
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