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Date |
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11/10/05 |
President Bush
signed the FY2006 Ag Appropriations Bill which delays funding
for COOL until Sep. 2008. |
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05/04/05 |
Representative
Goodlatte (VA), Chair of House Ag Committee, introduced H.R.2068
to establish voluntary COOL to replace mandatory COOL. |
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04/21/05 |
Representative
Rehberg (MT) introduced H.R.1802 which would remove cattle from
the "J-list" which allows imported commodities to not be
labeled with importing country. |
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04/04/05 |
Mandatory COOL for
fish began today (www.ams.usda.gov/news/074-05.htm). |
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01/26/05 |
Representative
Herseth (SD) introduced H.R.384 which is similar to Johnson's
S.108 |
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01/24/05 |
Senator Johnson
(SD) introduced S.108 to not allow cattle and sheep from
minimal-risk region (Canada) until COOL is effective. |
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01/24/05 |
Senator Burns (MT)
introduced S.135 to add ground cuts to COOL and make COOL
effective 09/30/05 |
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11/19/04 |
Efforts to amend the
FY2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to replace mandatory COOL
with voluntary COOL failed in Congress. |
| 9/30/04 |
Mandatory COOL for
fish took effect, but enforcement was delayed until April 4,
2005. |
|
01/23/04 |
President Bush
signed PL 108-99 which delays COOL, except for fish, until
September 2006. |
| 12/17/03 |
USDA accepted
comments until February 27, 2004 (extended from the previous
December 29 deadline) on proposed mandatory COOL
rules. Go to
www.ams.usda.gov/COOL for the 203 page proposed rules. |
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