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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 109 — Animal Health Protection

§ 8318. Veterinary training

Statutory text

The Secretary of Agriculture may develop a program to maintain in all regions of the United States a sufficient number of Federal and State veterinarians and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine, who are well trained in recognition and diagnosis of exotic and endemic animal diseases and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 107–171 title X § 10504 · 116 Stat. 134

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 8318

    Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10504, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 510

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10504, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 510

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 10504. VETERINARY TRAINING. The Secretary of Agriculture may develop a program to maintain in all regions of the United States a sufficient number of Federal and State veterinarians who are well trained in recognition and diagnosis of exotic and endemic animal diseases.

  2. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–334 title XII § 12106 · 132 Stat. 4490

    Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 8318

    Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine,” before “who are well trained” and “and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies” before period at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine,” before “who are well trained” and “and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies” before period at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 12106. VETERINARY TRAINING.   Section 10504 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8318) is amended— (1) by inserting “and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine,” after “veterinarians”; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Animal Health Protection Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine,” before “who are well trained” and “and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies” before period at end.

Credits

2002–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10504, , 116 Stat. 510
  2. 2018Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12106, , 132 Stat. 4943.
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(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10504, , 116 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12106, , 132 Stat. 4943.)

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