SSJM 8010 -
By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler
ADOPTED 03/08/2005
On page 2, line 21, after "industry;" insert "and
WHEREAS, On February 25, 2005, the United States Department of
Agriculture announced the results of the "science-based" decision to
adopt the rule to lift the ban on importation of Canadian beef, for
which a temporary injunction was immediately issued against the United
States Department of Agriculture decision by a federal district court
on February 28, 2005, and for which the United States Senate approved
on March 3, 2005, Senate Joint Resolution 4 to nullify the United
States Department of Agriculture rule; and
WHEREAS, Acceptance by the international community of the United
States Department of Agriculture "science-based" decision has not yet
been established and therefore the United States Department of
Agriculture rule would reopen the United States border to the
importation of Canadian beef without also addressing the reopening of
foreign markets to United States beef, even though the cause of the
bans on United States beef exports was a cow infected with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy that originated in Canada;"