US Congress Senate Bill 1053 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterinarian Services Investment Act - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a matching grant program with qualified entities to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services. Requires a qualifying entity to carry out programs that: (1) relieve veterinarian shortage situations, (2) support private veterinary practices engaged in public health activities, or (3) support practices of veterinarians who are participating in or have successfully completed a specified service requirement. Makes such grants available for: (1) assistance for establishing or expanding veterinary practices or establishing mobile veterinary facilities; (2) veterinarian, technician, and student recruitment; (3) grants to attend training programs in food safety or food animal medicine; (4) grants to establish or expand accredited education, internship, residency, and fellowship programs; (5) grants to assess veterinarian shortage situations; and (6) grants for continuing education and extension, including veterinary telemedicine and other distance-based education.

Veterinary Services Investment Act

Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

SB3240 (Related) 2012-08-28 - By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/02/2012. Report No. 112-203. Additional views filed.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1053/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1053/BILLS-112s1053is.pdf