S 1053 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Veterinary Services Investment Act

Introduced May 24, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Debbie Stabenow D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 24, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 24, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2011 to Jun 6, 2011, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-NDKent ConradOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-COMark UdallOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalMay 24, 2011
R-MORoy BluntOriginalMay 24, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMay 24, 2011
R-MSThad CochranOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalMay 24, 2011
D-ILRichard J. DurbinJun 6, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 24, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. May 24, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3240Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012Related billAug 28, 2012

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

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  1. May 24, 2011Introduced in Senate

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