Veterinary school/educational issues
National Veterinary Medical Service Act (P.L. 108-161): Seeking appropriations and implementation of the National Veterinary Medical Service Act.
Status: AVMA is actively pursuing federal funding for NVMSA. The FY 2010 Presidents Budget allocated $3M for NVMSA. The FY2010 House Ag Appropriations bill budgeted $4M, and the FY2010 Senate Ag Appropriations bill budgeted $5M for NVMSA. On July 9, 2009, the USDA published an interim final rule for the loan repayment program. Stakeholders have until September 8, 2009 to submit comments on the rule.
AVMA Position: Active Pursuit
Primary Contact: Ms. Gina Luke
H.R. 3519 Veterinarian Services Investment Act: This legislation would authorize new grant program for fiscal years to advance unique and innovative state-level veterinary workforce programs. The program would assist States in supporting, augmenting, developing and implementing programs to address the unique veterinary workforce needs of each state.
Status: H.R. 3519 was introduced on 7/31/09 and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
AVMA Position: Active Pursuit
Primary Contact: Ms. Gina Luke
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Tax Exemption: Seeking legislation to amend Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt loan payments under the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program.
AVMA Position: Active Pursuit
Primary Contact: Ms. Gina Luke
H.R. 2999 Veterinary Public Health Workforce And Education Act: H.R. 2999 amends the United States Public Health Service Act to enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health, which is broadly defined and includes biodefense and emergency preparedness, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, environmental health, ecosystem health, pre and post-harvest food protection, regulatory medicine, diagnostic laboratory medicine, veterinary pathology, biomedical research, rural and government practice; and the sum of all contributions to the physical, mental, and social well-being of humans through an understanding and application of veterinary science. The legislation would accomplish this through Capacity Grants; creation of the Division of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services; faculty loan repayment; and a Veterinary Public Health Fellowship Program within the federal government.
Status: H.R. 2999 was introduced on 7/23/09 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
AVMA Position: Active Pursuit
Primary Contact: Ms. Gina Luke
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