US Congress House Bill 3886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act or the Wildlife VET Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to wildlife or veterinary institutions to create additional clinical and research positions for wildlife and zoological veterinarians, with preference to institutions that will create positions in areas of need, including wildlife disease research and training, disease surveillance, ecology and wildlife population management, and conservation and management of the health of endangered, threatened, and sensitive species. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) the Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Workforce Loan Repayment Program to repay educational loans of applicants who have received, in the previous ten years, a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine or a graduate degree in veterinary medicine after receiving such doctoral degree, or who are enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine program that leads to such a degree, and who agree to serve for at least four consecutive years at a wildlife or veterinary institution as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian; and (2) the Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Workforce Scholarship Program to award students enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine scholarships for up to four years in exchange for entering a contract to serve for at least four consecutive years as wildlife or zoological veterinarians at wildlife or veterinary institutions beginning no later than four years after graduation. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program to award competitive 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 competitive grants to eligible wildlife or veterinary institutions to establish or expand, for traineeship candidates, training programs (including externship, internship, fellowship, or residency programs) that will enhance the ability of a trainee to practice as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian.

To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine.

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2012-02-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2012-02-02	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2012-02-02	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2012-02-02	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.
2012-02-02	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E123)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3886/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3886/BILLS-112hr3886ih.pdf