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Introduced Session

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.

Committee Categories

Daniel Akaka (D),  Michael Bennet (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Saxby Chambliss (R),  Thad Cochran (R),  Kent Conrad (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Al Franken (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Tim Johnson (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Mary Landrieu (D),  Patrick Leahy (D),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  Mark Udall (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (on 05/24/2011)

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