H.R. 3519: Veterinarian Services Investment Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-07-31 · Animals · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-07-31 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Veterinarian Services Investment Act

Plain 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 en tities 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. Sets forth grant preference provisions. 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 tele-veterinary medicine and other distance-based education. Prohibits the use of grant funds for construction. Subjects grants for establishing or expanding veterinary practices to: (1) an agreement between the Secretary and the recipient that includes a required term of service; and (2) remedies for breach of agreement, including repayment or partial repayment of grant funds. Defines "qualified entity" as a: (1) for-profit or nonprofit entity in the United States that operates a rural veterinary clinic in response to a veterinarian shortage situation; (2) state, national, allied, or regional veterinary organization or specialty board recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association; (3) college or school of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association; (4) university research foundation or veterinary medical foundation; (5) department of veterinary science or department of comparative medicine accredited by the Department of Education; (6) state agricultural experiment station; or (7) state, local, or tribal government agency. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY2012.

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Official text

Veterinarian Services Investment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · 65 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3519, Veterinary Services Investment Act (2010-08-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3519, Veterinary Services Investment Act (2010-08-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), John R. Carter (R-TX), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 5 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr3519.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3519 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111