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Union Calendar No. 10 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 525 
[Report No. 112–22] 
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 
FEBRUARY 8, 2011 
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. SCHRADER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
MARCH 2, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PALLONE and Mr. GINGREY of Georgia 
MARCH 2, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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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 2011’’. 
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 in-
serting ‘‘veterinary public health,’’ after ‘‘preventive medi-
cine,’’ each place it appears. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE LOAN REPAY-
MENT 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 strik-
ing ‘‘public health or health professions degree or 
certificate’’ 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 
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 infectious diseases, environmental 
health, ecosystem health, pre- and post-harvest food 
protection, regulatory medicine, diagnostic labora-
tory medicine, veterinary pathology, biomedical re-
search, the practice of food animal medicine in rural 
areas, and government practice.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 10 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 525 
[Report No. 112–22] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance 
and increase the number of veterinarians trained 
in veterinary public health. 
MARCH 2, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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