US Congress House Bill 2099 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides grants for veterinarian positions at wildlife or veterinary institutions and provides incentives for students to enroll in wildlife or zoological veterinary medicine programs. Specifically, this bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to award grants to wildlife or veterinary institutions to create additional clinical and research positions for such veterinarians. Interior must establish a program that pays the student loans of graduates and students of institutions that provide doctoral degrees in veterinary medicine or graduate degrees in veterinary medicine. Interior must also establish a program that awards scholarships to students enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine. In exchange for the loan payment or scholarship, students must agree to serve for at least four consecutive years at a wildlife or veterinary institution as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian. In addition, Interior must also (1) establish a pilot program to award grants to accredited schools and colleges of veterinary medicine to develop or improve new or existing curricula that specialize in wildlife or zoological veterinary medicine, and (2) award grants to eligible wildlife or veterinary institutions to establish or expand training programs that will enhance the ability of a trainee to practice as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian.

Wildlife VET Act Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2019-04-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-04	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E410)
2019-04-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2099/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2099/BILLS-116hr2099ih.pdf