Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
On May 8, 2024, we published a final rule amending the horse protection regulations. The provisions of the final rule, initially scheduled to go into effect on February 1, 2025, were delayed until April 2, 2025. On March 21, 2025, we published a further delay of the effective date to February 1, 2026, and a request for comment on whether the length of the postponement should be extended. In this document, based on intervening developments since the issuance of the March 21, 2025 delay of effective date, we are further delaying the effective date of the provisions effective February 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 9 CFR Part 11 [Docket No. APHIS-2022-0004] RIN 0579-AE70 ( printed page 3633) AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule; further delay of effective date. SUMMARY: On May 8, 2024, we published a final rule amending the horse protection regulations. The provisions of the final rule, initially scheduled to go into effect on February 1, 2025, were delayed until April 2, 2025. On March 21, 2025, we published a further delay of the effective date to February 1, 2026, and a request for comment on whether the length of the postponement should be extended. In this document, based on intervening developments since the issuance of the March 21, 2025 delay of effective date, we are further delaying the effective date of the provisions effective February 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026. DATES: As of January 28, 2026, 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 ), and further delayed until February 1, 2026 ( 90 FR 13273 ), are further delayed until December 31, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Christine Jones, Acting Animal Care Chief of Staff, 2150 Centre Ave. Bldg. B, Mailstop 3W11, Fort Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494-7478. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Under the Horse Protection Act (HPA, or the Act, 15 U.S.C. 1821 et seq. ), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate regu…
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Citation: 91 FR 3633
