IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 101 
Supporting the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges 
(AAVMC) and recognizing 50 years of organized academic veterinary 
medicine in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2015 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. HARPER, 
Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, and Mr. COSTA) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the Association of American Veterinary Medical 
Colleges (AAVMC) and recognizing 50 years of organized 
academic veterinary medicine in the United States. 
Whereas the Association of American Veterinary Medical Col-
leges (AAVMC) is an international academic association 
that represents all of the accredited schools and colleges 
of veterinary medicine in the United States and many 
around the world; 
Whereas the profession of veterinary medicine plays a critical 
role in the health and well-being of society, provides 
human-quality healthcare for more than 180,000,000 be-
loved family pets in the United States, fosters the abun-
dance and safety of the Nation’s food supply by pro-
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moting the health and productivity of the Nation’s herds 
and flocks, makes important contributions to the protec-
tion of public health through food safety and infectious 
disease control, and advances human and animal well- 
being through biomedical research; 
Whereas the schools and colleges of veterinary medicine serve 
as the foundation of the profession, training and pre-
paring future generations of veterinarians for profes-
sional service, developing new and improved diagnostic 
and therapeutic protocols, providing advanced support for 
veterinarians practicing in communities around the Na-
tion, and conducting hundreds of millions of dollars 
worth of scientific research every year; 
Whereas the AAVMC helps advance the standards of excel-
lence in academic veterinary medicine, and makes critical 
and lasting contributions to the quality of our schools 
and colleges of veterinary medicine; 
Whereas the AAVMC is observing 50 years of public service 
in 2016 through a broad-based celebration of academic 
veterinary medicine, an anniversary year designed to cele-
brate and highlight the critical role our schools and col-
leges of veterinary medicine play in the well-being of the 
agricultural, companion animal and organized veterinary 
medical communities; and 
Whereas because the people and animals of the United States 
benefit substantially as a result of the presence and the 
contributions of the AAVMC, this anniversary celebration 
is a timely reminder of the important contributions made 
by veterinarians in the promotion of human and animal 
health and well-being in the United States: Now, there-
fore, be it 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes 50 years of organized academic 
veterinary medicine; and 
(2) expresses its sincere and enduring gratitude 
and support for all accredited schools and colleges of 
veterinary medicine, which have grown and pros-
pered as a result of the work of the Association of 
American Veterinary Medical Colleges. 
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