H.R. 525 — 112th Congress
Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011
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Mar 9, 2011Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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As of Mar 8, 2011Passed House without amendment
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a public health workforce grant program designed to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce to include a health professions school or program of veterinary public health. Defines "veterinary public health" to include veterinarians engaged in one or more of the following areas to the extent such areas have an impact on human health: biodefense and emergency preparedness; emerging and reemerging infection diseases; environmental health; ecosystem health pre- and post-harvest food protection; regulatory medicine; diagnostic laboratory medicine; veterinary pathology; biomedical research; the practice of food animal medicine in rural areas; and government practice.
Expands the public health workforce loan repayment program to make such veterinarians eligible for the program.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordMar 8, 2011 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Full roll call85 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 280: 145 D · 77 R
Nay — 138: 112 R · 1 L
Not Voting — 14: 6 D · 6 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Devin Nunes | CA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Richard L. Hanna | NY |
| Tim Scott | SC |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
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