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APHIS is proposing to revise its national Brucellosis eradication program. Currently, the program assigns statuses to States based on the prevalence of brucellosis within the State. The current statuses in the classification system are, from highest to lowest: Class Free, Class A, and Class B. APHIS is proposing a new classification system in which States would be assigned statuses based on whether a State is consistent or inconsistent with regard to standards contained in a Program Standards document regarding surveillance, epidemiological investigations, and affected herd management. In addition, APHIS proposes to remove the list of brucellosis State classifications for both the cattle and bison and swine programs from the CFR and move the list to the APHIS website, and to revise conditions for interstate movement of cattle, bison, and swine to reflect the new State classification system. Finally, APHIS is proposing to align vaccination and branding requirements in the regulations with current operational practices.