Post by AnnB (NE) on Feb 27, 2009 12:08:52 GMT -5
[Fwd: Re: NAIS EMERGENCY - Funding Passed US House of Representatives - IN Senate now]
Every Thursday for the past 6 Months, Government Officials have raided homes and businesses -- sometimes at Gunpoint, sometimes with a Warrant, and sometimes with nothing more then the burly bodies that intimidate those about to be oppressed.
Recite the Names below:
Stowers, Greg Niewendorp, Hixon, Miller, Griepentrog, Palmer
Now add your name.
Don't shrug aside if you are a business that provides goods and services to Livestock owners. If we can't afford to own, raise, and sell Livestock, then you have nothing we need or want.
Today -- Thursday of course -- H.R. 1105 is awaiting assignment to Committee in the U.S. Senate. It stands poised to allocate $289 million to APHIS for the implementation of the National Animal Identification System. It also outlines the time frame to implement in 2009 the tracking of 33 species.
An example:
Poultry: By July 1, 2009, achieve 98% traceability in the Commercial Poultry Industry...
That means if Murray McMurray sends you a chick, it had better be traceable from their end, and you better trace it when it gets to your homestead. Think the cost of a Broiler is too high now? Think how much higher it will be when every chick that leaves that plant must be accounted for -- and must cover in the price the risk of the outrageous fines for any failure to comply with the burdensome requirements of NAIS.
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The treacherous U.S. House managed to pass this "Omnibus 2009" in 24 hours, and we have no reason to believe that the U.S. Senate will not pass it quickly and eagerly as well.
What are you going to do? We as living human beings do not go to the polls to elect officials to represent Multi-National Corporations or Lobbyists paid by groups attempting to get their piece of the pie.
THE LARGEST UNPAID LOBBYIST GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS SITTING IN THAT CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE KEYBOARD! YOU BELONG TO IT!
Contact the following Organizations -- as many as you can this evening.
The first person to contact is AgSec@USDA.gov and then your U.S. Senators. A partial list of e-mail contacts is below to get you started.
The message is simple:
We don't want -- and we will not comply with -- the National Animal Identification System.
We do not want H.R. 1105 out of Senate Committee.
We do not want H.R. 1105 passed by the Senate, either by itself or together with other bills.
NAIS is an assault on our food supply and our economy.
NAIS is an unconstitutional assault on our Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
NAIS subjugates our production, selling, distribution, purchasing, and consumption of food to the whims of bureaucrats and agents of a government that is more interested in serving multi-national corporations and trade organizations than in upholding and defending the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
We want it stopped! Stop it on Friday 27, 2009!
Tomorrow is Freedom Friday! Make it count!
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: NAIS EMERGENCY - Funding Passed US House of Representatives - IN Senate now
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:54:00 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
From: Sue Diederich <suediederich@ comcast.net>
To: Joseph Martin <jlmartin@votekansas .org>
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Here's what we've been working on today... Its still in bits and pieces because we are still compiling the email lists (house, senate, orgs and personal contacts, lol) You can keep my info attached if you want, and then if anybody has any questions, they can just call.... Can give out my email, too if someone wants it. Can you please get this up and out as well - we need as many people around the country to get on board with this today and tomorrow as possible. The bill passed from introduction in the House to the Senate in less than 27 hours.... It is expected to do the same in the Senate. I attached a PDF as well if it makes things easier... At the very bottom is part of what this bill does... It is not part of the PDF. Will update with info on the "yay" voters in the House and as soon as its in committee in the Senate, we'll get that out as well. (We found out about this only this afternoon... ) And as soon as we get the senate committee, will get that information out as well. Thank You!!!! Sue DiederichIllinois Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (IICFA)(847) 873 - 0251************ ********* ********* ********* **** Every Thursday for the past 6 Months, Government Officials have raidedhomes and businesses. Sometimes at Gunpoint, sometimes with a Warrant,and sometimes with nothing more then the burly bodies that intimidatethose about to be oppressed. Recite the Names below: Stowers, Greg Niewendorp, Hixon, Miller, Griepentrog, Palmer Now add your name. Don't shrug aside if you are a businesses that provides goods andservices to Livestock owners. If we don't own Livestock – you havenothing we need or want. Today, Thursday of course, H.R. 1105 is awaiting assignment to Committeein the Senate. It stands poised to allocate $289 million to APHIS forthe implementation of the National Animal Identification System. It alsooutlines the time frame to implement in 2009 the tracking of 33 species. An example: Poultry – “By July 1, 2009 – achieve 98% traceability in theCommercial Poultry Industry... That means if Murray McMurray sends you a chick – it had better betraceable from their end and you better trace it when it gets to yourhomestead. Think the cost of a Broiler is bad now? Think what it will bewhen every chick that leaves that plant will be accounted for. . loc.gov/cgi- bin/bdquery/ z?d111:HR01105: @@@x The House managed to pass this “Omnibus 2009” in 24 hours and we have noreason to believe that the Senate will not as well. What are your going to do? We as living human beings do not go to thepolls to elect officials to represent Multi-National Corporations orLobbyists paid by groups attempting to get their piece of the pie. THE LARGEST UNPAID LOBBIEST GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ISSITTING IN THAT CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE KEYBOARD – YOU BELONG TO IT. Contact the following Organizations – as many as you can this evening. The first person to contact is AgSec@USDA.gov, then your personalLegislator. A partial list of email contacts is below to get youstarted. The message is simple : We don't want, nor will we comply with the National AnimalIdentification System. We do not want H.R. 1105 out of Senate Committee.We want it stopped and stopped Friday 27, 2009. Tomorrow is Freedom Friday – make it count. ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ****** The bill includes $129,180,000 for Animal Health Monitoring and Surveillance, including $14,500,000, an increase of$4,713,000, for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Given this investment, coupled with the almost $128,000,000 that Congress has already provided for NAIS, APHIS is expected to make demonstrable progress with effectively implementing the animal identification system. Accordingly, APHIS is directed to meet the following species traceability objectives that are derived from the agency's final 2008 animal disease traceability business plan:
-- Cattle: By March 1,2009, identify 30 percent of the nation's cattle population to premises of origin within 48 hours of a disease event.
-- Goats: By October 1,2009, identify 90 percent of goat breeding herds to their birth premises within 48 hours of a disease event.
-- Poultry: By July 1,2009, achieve 98 percent traceability in the commercial poultry industry through the identification of commercial production units in the required radius within 48 hours of a disease event.
-- Sheep: By October 1, 2009, identify 90 percent of sheep breeding flock to their birth premises within 48 hours of a disease event.
-- Swine: By February 1, 2009, achieve 80 percent traceability in the commercial swine industries through the identification of commercial production units in the required radius within 48 hours of a disease event.
In addition, APHIS is directed to meet the following program administration milestones that are similarly derived from the final 2008 animal disease traceability business plan:
-- By February 1, 2009: Publish proposed rulemaking to consider establishing the seven-character PIN as the national location identifier standard and establish the "840" Animal Identification Number as the single version for the numbering system.
-- By February 1, 2009: Incorporate the NAIS-compliant premises identification number format into existing Federal disease program activities.
-- By May 1, 2009: Publish proposed rulemaking to consider using a premises identification number, in the NAIS-compliant format, for import/export facilities, the destination of imported livestock and the location of exported animals prior to the assembly.
There is concern that APHIS removed a key outcome milestone from its final animal disease traceability business plan that assessed the agency's progress on integrating tracking databases maintained by States and private organizations. APHIS is directed to submit a report to the Committees that explains why the agency dropped this important milestone from its final business plan. APHIS is further directed to provide an update on its current progress with fully integrating the Animal Trace Processing System with non-Federal tracking databases.
APHIS is directed to submit a report to the Committees within one week after each of the milestone dates outlining the status of each species traceability objective and program administration milestone and the reason the deadline was not met.