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7 U.S.C. § 3151a — Veterinary medicine loan repayment
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**(a) Program**
(1) **Service in shortage situations** — The Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into agreements with veterinarians under which the veterinarians agree to provide, for a period of time as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations. For each year of such service under an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an amount, as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
(2) **Service to Federal Government in emergency situations**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary may enter into agreements of 1 year duration with veterinarians who have agreements pursuant to paragraph (1) for such veterinarians to provide services to the Federal Government in emergency situations, as determined by the Secretary, under terms and conditions specified in the agreement. Pursuant to an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an amount, in addition to the amount paid pursuant to the agreement in paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
(B) *Requirements* — Agreements entered into under this paragraph shall include the following:
(i) A veterinarian shall not be required to serve more than 60 working days per year of the agreement.
(ii) A veterinarian who provides service pursuant to the agreement shall receive a salary commensurate with the duties and shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses as appropriate for the duration of the service.
**(b) Determination of veterinarian shortage situations** In determining “veterinar
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**(a) Program**
(1) **Service in shortage situations** — The Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into agreements with veterinarians under which the veterinarians agree to provide, for a period of time as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations. For each year of such service under an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an amount, as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
(2) **Service to Federal Government in emergency situations**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary may enter into agreements of 1 year duration with veterinarians who have agreements pursuant to paragraph (1) for such veterinarians to provide services to the Federal Government in emergency situations, as determined by the Secretary, under terms and conditions specified in the agreement. Pursuant to an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an amount, in addition to the amount paid pursuant to the agreement in paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
(B) *Requirements* — Agreements entered into under this paragraph shall include the following:
(i) A veterinarian shall not be required to serve more than 60 working days per year of the agreement.
(ii) A veterinarian who provides service pursuant to the agreement shall receive a salary commensurate with the duties and shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses as appropriate for the duration of the service.
**(b) Determination of veterinarian shortage situations** In determining “veterinarian shortage situations”, the Secretary may consider—
(1) geographical areas that the Secretary determines have a shortage of veterinarians; and
(2) areas of veterinary practice that the Secretary determines have a shortage of veterinarians, such as food animal medicine, public health, epidemiology, and food safety.
**(c) Administration**
(1) **Authority** — The Secretary may carry out this program directly or enter into agreements with another Federal agency or other service provider to assist in the administration of this program.
(2) **Breach remedies**
(A) *In general* — Agreements with program participants shall provide remedies for any breach of an agreement by a participant, including repayment or partial repayment of financial assistance received, with interest.
(B) *Amounts recovered* — Funds recovered under this subsection shall be credited to the account available to carry out this section and shall remain available until expended.
(3) **Waiver** — The Secretary may grant a waiver of the repayment obligation for breach of contract in the event of extreme hardship or extreme need, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) **Amount** — The Secretary shall develop regulations to determine the amount of loan repayment for a year of service by a veterinarian. In making the determination, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which such determination—
(A) affects the ability of the Secretary to maximize the number of agreements that can be provided under the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program from the amounts appropriated for such agreements; and
(B) provides an incentive to serve in veterinary service shortage areas with the greatest need.
(5) **Qualifying educational loans** — Loan repayments provided under this section may consist of payments on behalf of participating individuals of the principal and interest on government and commercial loans received by the individual for attendance of the individual at an accredited college of veterinary medicine resulting in a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or the equivalent, which loans were made for—
(A) tuition expenses;
(B) all other reasonable educational expenses, including fees, books, and laboratory expenses, incurred by the individual; or
(C) reasonable living expenses as determined by the Secretary.
(6) **Repayment schedule** — The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the holder of any loan for which payments are made under this section to establish a schedule for the making of such payments.
(7) **Tax liability** — In addition to educational loan repayments, the Secretary shall make such additional payments to participants as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the purpose of providing reimbursements to participants for individual tax liability resulting from participation in this program.
(8) **Priority** — In administering the program, the Secretary shall give priority to agreements with veterinarians for the practice of food animal medicine in veterinarian shortage situations.
**(d) Use of funds** None of the funds appropriated to the Secretary under subsection (f) may be used to carry out [section 5379 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5379&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(e) Regulations** Notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
**(f) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary and such sums shall remain available to the Secretary for the purposes of this section until expended.
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**(a)**
(1) For the purpose of this section—
(A) the term “agency” means an agency under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of [section 4101(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4101/1&num=0&edition=prelim), the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, and the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; and
(B) the term “student loan” means—
(i) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ([20 U.S.C. 1071](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1071&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(ii) a loan made under part D or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ([20 U.S.C. 1087a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 1087aa et seq.); and
(iii) a health education assistance loan made or insured under part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ([42 U.S.C. 292](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section292&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or under part E of title VIII of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 297a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section297a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) An employee shall be ineligible for benefits under this section if the employee occupies a position that is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character.
**(b)**
(1) The head of an agency may, in order to recruit or retain highly qualified personnel, establish a program under which the agency may agree to repay (by direct payments on behalf of the employee) any student loan previou
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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The purposes of federally supported agricultural research, extension, and education are to—
(1) enhance the competitiveness of the United States agriculture and food industry in an increasingly competitive world environment;
(2) increase the long-term productivity of the United States agriculture and food industry while maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base on which rural America and the United States agricultural economy depend;
(3) develop new uses and new products for agricultural commodities, such as alternative fuels, and develop new crops;
(4) support agricultural research and extension to promote economic opportunity in rural communities and to meet the increasing demand for information and technology transfer throughout the United States agriculture industry;
(5) improve risk management in the United States agriculture industry;
(6) improve the safe production and processing of, and adding of value to, United States food and fiber resources using methods that maintain the balance between yield and environmental soundness;
(7) support higher education in agriculture to give the next generation of Americans the knowledge, technology, and applications necessary to enhance the competitiveness of United States agriculture;
(8) maintain an adequate, nutritious, and safe supply of food to meet human nutritional needs and requirements; and
(9) support international collaboration that leverages resources and advances priority food and agricultural interests of the United States, such as—
(A) addressing emerging plant and animal diseases;
(B) improving crop varieties and animal breeds; and
(C) developing safe, efficient, and nutritious food systems.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Qualified entity** — The term “qualified entity” means—
(A) a for-profit or nonprofit entity located in the United States that, or an individual who, operates a veterinary clinic providing veterinary services—
(i) in a rural area, as defined in [section 1991(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1991/a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(ii) in a veterinarian shortage situation;
(B) a State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organization or specialty board recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association;
(C) a college or school of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association;
(D) a university research foundation or veterinary medical foundation;
(E) a department of veterinary science or department of comparative medicine accredited by the Department of Education;
(F) a State agricultural experiment station; or
(G) a State, local, or tribal government agency.
(2) **Veterinarian shortage situation** — The term “veterinarian shortage situation” means a veterinarian shortage situation as determined by the Secretary under [section 3151a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3151a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Establishment**
(1) **Competitive grants** — The Secretary shall carry out a program to make competitive grants to qualified entities that carry out programs or activities described in paragraph (2) for the purpose of developing, implementing, and sustaining veterinary services.
(2) **Eligibility requirements** — A qualified entity shall be eligible to receive a grant described in paragraph (1) if the entity carries out programs or activities that
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 3151a
§ 3151a. Veterinary medicine loan repayment
(a) Program
(1) Service in shortage situations
The Secretary shall carry out a program of
entering into agreements with veterinarians
under which the veterinarians agree to pro-
vide, for a period of time as determined by the
Secretary and specified in the agreement, vet-
erinary services in veterinarian shortage situ-
ations. For each year of such service under an
agreement under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall pay an amount, as determined by
the Secretary and specified in the agreement,
of the principal and interest of qualifying edu-
cational loans of the veterinarians.
(2) Service to Federal Government in emer-
gency situations
(A) In general
The Secretary may enter into agreements
of 1 year duration with veterinarians who
have agreements pursuant to paragraph (1)
for such veterinarians to provide services to
the Federal Government in emergency situa-
tions, as determined by the Secretary, under
terms and conditions specified in the agree-
ment. Pursuant to an agreement under this
paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an
amount, in addition to the amount paid pur-
suant to the agreement in paragraph (1), as
determined by the Secretary and specified in
the agreement, of the principal and interest
of qualifying educational loans of the veteri-
narians.
(B) Requirements
Agreements entered into under this para-
graph shall include the following:
(i) A veterinarian shall not be required
to serve more than 60 working days per
year of the agreement.
(ii) A veterinarian who provides service
pursuant to the agreement shall receive a
salary commensurate with the duties and
shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem
expenses as appropriate for the duration of
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