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will there be a role for private industry? Q4. 2 fiscal year 2005, the focus of the National Animal Identification Sys- tes will be on premises registration. As of May 2, 2005, 47 of 50 States have prem- ises registration systems in place. Currently, 60,000 premises have been registered, which represents 3 percent of all participating premises. APHIS also intends to begin the process of registering and distributing animal identification numbers in order to track animal movements. By the end of fiscal year 2005, APHIS expects a small amount of data collection infrastructure to be put in place with the imple- mentation cost to be shared by the public and private sectors. Private industry will be involved with the distribution of animal identification numbers and producers will have the ability to purchase Animal ID devices at their choice of private sector providers. Question. The $18.7 million that was transferred from the CCC allowed for testing and fine tuning of technologies that could be used to identify and track animals. Can you provide information on what type of technology may be used for the Nation wide program