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Veterinary Education Equity Act

To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to make improvements to the veterinary services grant program, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 27, 2026

Latest action (Apr 27, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Education

Summary
  • Makes 1890 Institutions, historically Black colleges and universities focused on agricultural education, eligible to receive veterinary services grants under the federal veterinary services grant program.
  • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide higher priority to veterinary services grant projects at 1890 Institutions when awarding grants.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 27, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  2. Apr 27, 2026 Introduced in House

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  • S 2727 — A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes. · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 27, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 27, 2026

Mr. Figures (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. Beatty, and Ms. Sewell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to make improvements to the veterinary services grant program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Veterinary Education Equity Act”.

SEC. 2. VETERINARY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 1415B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151b) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1)—

(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking “or” at the end;

(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(H) 1890 Institutions, as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601).”; and

(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:

“(5) Priorities.—In making grants under the program under subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide a higher priority to projects at 1890 Institutions.”. <all>

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