# 2026-01648 — Federal rules taking effect: every published US final rule whose effective date is still in the future

For 2026-01648, rule is Horse Protection Amendments; Further Postponement of Regulations; agency is Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; effective date is 2026-12-31; dates, as printed is As of January 28, 2026, the amendments to 9 CFR 11.1 through 11.18 effective February 1, 2025, (89 FR 39194), delayed until April 2, 2025, (90 FR 8253), and further delayed until February 1, 2026 (90 FR 13273), are further delayed until December 31, 2026; cfr parts amended is 9 CFR 11, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **FR document number:** 2026-01648 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Horse Protection Amendments; Further Postponement of Regulations _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-12-31 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** As of January 28, 2026, the amendments to 9 CFR 11.1 through 11.18 effective February 1, 2025, (89 FR 39194), delayed until April 2, 2025, (90 FR 8253), and further delayed until February 1, 2026 (90 FR 13273), are further delayed until December 31, 2026. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 9 CFR 11 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-01-28 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-11&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2026-08-24.
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