SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON MANDATORY ANIMAL IDENTI-
FICATION PROGRAM. 
Section 10409 of the Animal Health Protection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8308) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON MANDATORY ANIMAL IDENTI-
FICATION PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall not implement or carry 
out, and no Federal funds shall be used to implement or 
carry out, a National Animal Identification System, or 
similar requirement, that mandates the participation of 
livestock owners.’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF INFORMATION IN A VOLUNTARY 
ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. 
Section 10409 of the Animal Health Protection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8308) (as amended by section 1) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) PROTECTION
OF INFORMATION
IN
A VOL-
UNTARY ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION 
SYSTEM.—In this subsection, the term ‘animal iden-
tification system’ means a voluntary system for iden-
tifying or tracing animals that is established by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION FROM DISCLOSURE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Information obtained 
through the animal identification system shall 
not be disclosed except as provided in this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE OR PROTEC-
TION.—The provision of information to the ani-
mal identification system and the disclosure of 
information in accordance with this subsection 
shall not constitute a waiver of any applicable 
privilege or protection under Federal law, in-
cluding trade secret protection. 
‘‘(3) LIMITED
RELEASE
OF
INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary may disclose information obtained 
through the animal identification system if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that live-
stock may be threatened by a disease or pest; 
‘‘(B) the release of the information is re-
lated to actions the Secretary is authorized to 
take under this subtitle; and 
‘‘(C) the Secretary determines that the dis-
closure of the information to a government enti-
ty or person is necessary to assist the Secretary 
in carrying out the purposes of— 
‘‘(i) this subtitle; and 
‘‘(ii) the animal identification system. 
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‘‘(4) MANDATORY
DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary shall disclose information ob-
tained through the animal identification system re-
garding particular animals to— 
‘‘(A) the person who owns or controls the 
animals, if the person requests the information 
in writing; 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General for the purpose 
of law enforcement; 
‘‘(C) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
for the purpose of homeland security; 
‘‘(D) the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services for the purpose of protecting the public 
health; 
‘‘(E) an entity pursuant to an order of a 
court of competent jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(F) the government of a foreign country 
if disclosure of the information is necessary to 
trace animals that pose a disease or pest threat 
to livestock or a danger to human health, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION
ON
DISCLOSURE
UNDER 
STATE OR LOCAL LAW.—Any information relating to 
animal identification that a State or local govern-
ment obtains from the Secretary shall not be made 
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available by the State or local government pursuant 
to State or local law requiring disclosure of informa-
tion or records to the public.’’. 
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