HR 2099 116th Congress House Animals Animal and plant health Education programs funding Endangered and threatened species Health personnel Medical education Medical research Student aid and college costs Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Wildlife VET Act

Introduced: April 4, 2019 See on congress.gov

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Apr 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Apr 17, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Apr 4, 2019

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.

Apr 4, 2019

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E410)

Apr 4, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act or the Wildlife VET Act

This bill 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.

What's happening now April 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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