,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccgg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #d1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,lummis1 and ,mr4 ,hoeven7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to delay the implementation 
of a rule relating to the importation of
 sheep and goats and products derived   
from sheep and goats1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,delayed implementation  
of rule relating to importation of sheep
 and goats and products derived from    
sheep and goats  7a7 ,in general ,during
 the period beginning on the date of the
 enactment of this ,act and ending on   
the date that is #a year after the date 
on which the report is submitted under  
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of       
,agriculture1 and any other ,federal    
official1 may not finalize1 implement1  
administer1 or enforce the proposed rule
 entitled ,importation of ,sheep1       

,goats1 and ,certain ,other ,ruminants  
7#ha ,fed4 ,reg4 #dffai7 and dated ,july
 #ah1 #bjaf4  7b7 ,study and report     
7#a7 ,study  7,a7 ,in general ,the      
,secretary of ,agriculture shall conduct
 a study on the potential costs and     
benefits of the rule referred to in     
subsection 7a74  7,b7 ,contents ,the    
study required by subparagraph 7,a7     
shall assess-- 7i7 the estimated amount 
of sheep and goat meat imported into the
 ,united ,states as a result of the     
implementation of the rule referred to  
in subsection 7a72  7ii7 the estimated  
increase in the number of live sheep and
 goats imported into the ,united ,states
 as a result of the rule2  7iii7 the    
estimated demand for sheep and goat meat
 in the ,united ,states during the      
#aj-year period beginning on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act1            
disaggregated by region and ,state2     
7iv7 the impact of the ,,covid-#ai      
pandemic on the economic data and market
 conditions for imports of sheep and    

goat meat and live sheep and goats2  7v7
 the potential effects of the rule on-- 
7,i7 the supply and prices of live sheep
 and goats in the ,united ,states2      
7,,ii7 producers of and markets for live
 sheep and goats in the ,united ,states1
 disaggregated by region and ,state2    
7,,iii7 export opportunities for ,united
 ,states producers of sheep and goat    
meat2  7,,iv7 the competitiveness of the
 sheep and goat industries in the       
,united ,states2  7,v7 consumer         
confidence in sheep and goat meat2      
7,,vi7 the health of sheep and goat     
herds in the ,united ,states2 and       
7,,vii7 disease outbreaks across species
 of animals2  7vi7 the estimated amount 
of direct payments made by foreign      
countries to producers of live sheep and
 goats in such countries as a result of 
the implementation of the rule referred 
to in subsection 7a72 and  7vii7 any    
negative impacts that could result from 
the implementation of the rule referred 
to in subsection 7a7 not covered by     

clauses 7i7 through 7vi74  7#b7 ,report 
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture   
shall submit to the committees specified
 in subparagraph 7,b7 a report that     
includes-- 7i7 an analysis of the       
results of the study conducted under    
paragraph 7#a72 and  7ii7               
recommendations for changes to the rule 
referred to in subsection 7a7 to        
eliminate or mitigate any negative      
effects of the implementation of the    
rule4  7,b7 ,committees specified ,the  
committees specified in this            
subparagraph are-- 7i7 the ,committee on
 ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and          
,forestry1 the ,committee on ,foreign   
,relations1 the ,committee on ,finance1 
and the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate2 and  7ii7 the ,committee on
 ,agriculture1 the ,committee on        
,foreign ,affairs1 and the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of

 ,representatives4