A bill to delay the implementation of a rule relating to the importation of sheep and goats and products derived from sheep and goats, and for other purposes.
IntroducedAgriculture and Food
IntroducedDec 4, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
Passed HouseNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet
Where it stands
Introduced. Latest step, Dec 4, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S8514) It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.
How this bill changes the law
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S. 3377 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the Senate (Dec 4, 2025).
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S. 3377Bill
Sec. 1Delayed implementation of rule relating to importation of sheep and goats and products derived from sheep and goatsnew law
New provisions of the bill's own
Sec. 1 Delayed implementation of rule relating to importation of sheep and goats and products derived from sheep and goats
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)
Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.
From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.
What it does
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This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to submit a report on the potential costs and benefits of its proposed rule governing the importation of live sheep, goats, other ruminants, and products derived from sheep and goats. It also bars USDA from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the rule until one year after the date that USDA submits the report.
As background, on July 18, 2016, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a proposed rule entitled Importation of Sheep, Goats, and Certain Other Ruminants. APHIS issued a final rule on December 3, 2021, and issued a correction for the final rule on January 3, 2022.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Dec 4, 2025).
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What has happened
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Dec 4, 2025Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress