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Union Calendar No. 374 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2999 
[Report No. 111–634] 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance and increase the number 
of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2009 
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 
and Mr. SCHRADER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. SESTAK, 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. BARROW, Mr. FARR, Mr. ROGERS of 
Michigan, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MOORE of Kan-
sas, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 
BOREN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, 
Mr. 
MCNERNEY, 
Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, 
and 
Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 23, 2009] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance and 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterinary Public 
Health Amendments Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH IN 
CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE PRO-
VISIONS. 
(a) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE GRANTS.—Sub-
sections (b)(1)(A) and (d)(6) of section 765 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295) are amended by insert-
ing ‘‘veterinary public health,’’ after ‘‘preventive medicine,’’ 
each place it appears. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE LOAN REPAYMENT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of section 776(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 295f-1(b)(1)) are amended by striking 
‘‘public health or health professions degree or certifi-
cate’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘public 
health (including veterinary public health) or health 
professions degree or certificate’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Subparagraph 
(A) of section 776(b)(1) of the Public Health Service 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 295f-1(b)(1)) is amended by adding 
‘‘or’’ at the end. 
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 799B of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(27) VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH.—The term 
‘veterinary public health’ includes veterinarians en-
gaged in one or more of the following areas to the ex-
tent such areas have an impact on human health: bio-
defense and emergency preparedness, emerging and 
reemerging infectious diseases, environmental health, 
ecosystem health, pre- and post-harvest food protec-
tion, regulatory medicine, diagnostic laboratory medi-
cine, veterinary pathology, biomedical research, the 
practice of food animal medicine in rural areas, and 
government practice.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 374 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2999 
[Report No. 111–634] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance 
and increase the number of veterinarians trained 
in veterinary public health. 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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