Horse Protection Amendments; Further Postponement of Regulations
other · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2026-01-28 · Effective 2026-12-31 · 91 FR 3633
Document
Document number
2026-01648
Federal Register citation
91 FR 3633
CFR reference
9 CFR 11
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; further delay of effective date.
Category
other
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2026-01-28
Effective date
2026-12-31
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2022-0004
Abstract
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.