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Rural Veterinary Workforce Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness programs.
Summary
The bill modifies tax law to exclude student loan repayment or forgiveness assistance from taxable income for veterinarians participating in programs designed to increase access to veterinary services in rural areas. Currently, such assistance is treated as taxable income; the bill would allow veterinarians to receive loan repayment aid without paying additional federal income tax on that assistance. The legislation specifically includes programs under federal agricultural law and any state-created loan repayment or forgiveness programs with the same rural veterinary access goal. The tax exclusion would take effect for amounts received starting in 2026.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID)
26 cosponsors
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA)
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS)
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA)
Actions (2)
- Mar 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Crapo (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Moran, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness programs.
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 “Rural Veterinary Workforce Act”.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN VETERINARY STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT OR FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.—Paragraph (4) of section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) by striking “or” after “such Act,”,
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting “, under section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), or under any other State loan repayment or loan forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such State.”, and
(3) by striking “state” in the heading and inserting “other”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts received by an individual in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. <all>
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