Sec. 7103. Veterinary medicine loan repayment
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Section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3151a ) is amended— by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: In determining veterinarian shortage situations , the Secretary— may consider— geographical areas that the Secretary determines have a shortage of veterinarians; areas of veterinary practice that the Secretary determines have a shortage of veterinarians, such as food animal medicine, public health, epidemiology, and food safety; and areas described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)identified by appropriate State agencies; and shall— develop quantitative mechanisms for predicting the emergence of new veterinarian shortage situations in the short-term and long-term; and make available to State agencies described in paragraph (1)(C) the quantitative mechanisms developed under subparagraph (A). ; and in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall not make a veterinarian ineligible for the program under this section based on a veterinarian's participation in a comparable Federal, State, or local program. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 , the Secretary shall establish streamlined application procedures and guidelines for entering into agreements with veterinarians under this section. .
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Veterinary medicine loan repayment
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