On May 5, 2009, two House Subcommittees held a joint public hearing to review the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, chaired by Representative David Scott of Georgia, and the Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, chaired by Representative Yvette Clarke of New York, held a joint hearing to examine the identification system’s role in protecting U.S. producers and consumers from the effects of an animal disease outbreak.
