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H.R. 2099: Wildlife VET Act

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H.R. 2099: Wildlife VET Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-04 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Wildlife VET Act

Plain summary

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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Wildlife VET Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] · 15 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2099 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116