US Congress House Bill 2999 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-6)
Status: Engrossed on November 15 2010 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-11-15 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a public health workforce grant program designed to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce to include a health professions school or program of veterinary public health. Defines "veterinary public health" to include veterinarians engaged in one or more of the following areas to the extent such areas have an impact on human health: biodefense and emergency preparedness; emerging and reemerging infection diseases; environmental health; ecosystem health pre- and post-harvest food protection; regulatory medicine; diagnostic laboratory medicine; veterinary pathology; biomedical research; the practice of food animal medicine in rural areas; and government practice. Expands the public health workforce loan repayment program to make such veterinarians eligible for the program.

Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2010

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-11-15		Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2010-09-30		Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2010-09-30		On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/28/2010 H7178)
2010-09-30		Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7379)
2010-09-28		At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Burgess objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
2010-09-28		DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2999.
2010-09-28		Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7178)
2010-09-28		Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2010-09-28		Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 374.
2010-09-28		Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 111-634.
2010-09-23		Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2010-09-23		Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2010-09-16		Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2010-09-16		Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2010-09-15		Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2009-06-24		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-06-23		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2999/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2999/BILLS-111hr2999ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2999/BILLS-111hr2999rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2999/BILLS-111hr2999eh.pdf