[FEL-L] RE: Legislators Introduce Measure to Prohibit Mandatory Animal ID System

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    Legislators Introduce Measure to Prohibit  Mandatory Animal ID System     
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er=4)     The Talent-Emerson bill would prohibit the USDA from mandating  
livestock owner participation in a NAIS.   (9/8/2006)  Farm Futures staff     
U.S. Senator Jim Talent, R-Mo., a member of the Senate  Agriculture 
Committee, introduced legislation on Sept. 7 that would  prohibit USDA from developing 
a mandatory National Animal Identification  System. U.S. Representative Jo Ann 
Emerson, R-Mo., introduced  companion legislation in the House to make the 
Department's animal  identification system strictly voluntary. 
"The development and implementation of an animal ID system must  be voluntary 
and done in cooperation with producers rather than by  coercing them to 
participate," says Talent, chairman of the subcommittee  on marketing, inspection 
and promotion. "I have made this point repeatedly  to USDA. This legislation 
takes the next step in prohibiting the  Department from implementing or enacting 
a mandatory National Animal  Identification System." 
The Talent-Emerson bill would prohibit the USDA from mandating  livestock 
owner participation in a NAIS. The legislation would also  address privacy 
concerns stemming from the collection of registration  information in a voluntary 
program. Under the Talent-Emerson proposal,  confidential records submitted to 
USDA by livestock owners would not be  subject to any request under the Freedom 
of Information Act and could only  be shared with other departments under 
specific  circumstances. 
"A well constructed voluntary system will offer opportunities for  
participating ranchers to increase their profits," Talent says. "However,  we are a long 
way from getting the infrastructure in place for such a  program and concerns 
about forced participation will only deflect time and  attention from the 
issues we must address for ranchers in  Missouri  and across the nation." 
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