HR 3095 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Introduced Jul 16, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Adrian Smith R-NE

Latest action · Jul 16, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedJul 16, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 16, 2015 to Dec 13, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IA	David Young	Original	Jul 16, 2015
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Jul 16, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jul 16, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jul 16, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jul 21, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 21, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 23, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jul 23, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 28, 2015
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jul 28, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jul 28, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 28, 2015
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Jul 28, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Jul 29, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Aug 4, 2015
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Aug 4, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Aug 4, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Aug 4, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Sep 10, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Sep 10, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 10, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Sep 10, 2015
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Sep 29, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Oct 1, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		Nov 3, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 22, 2016
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Apr 15, 2016
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		May 11, 2016
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		May 11, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jun 15, 2016
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jun 21, 2016
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jul 8, 2016
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Jul 14, 2016
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Dec 13, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 16, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 16, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 1, Section 7 which provides that ``All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 111, July 16, 2015, page H5292.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 440	Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act	Related bill	Feb 10, 2015
HR 1268	Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act	Reintroduced Bill	Mar 1, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness programs.
Short Titles as Introduced: Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 16, 2015Introduced in House

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