House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Veterinary Workforce Act
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2398.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2398, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
65 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 37 Democrats
37 of 65 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), James Baird (R-IN), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Adam Gray (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), John Larson (D-CT), Susie Lee (D-NV) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1346 (119th) To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3164 (119th) Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
- H.R. 1502 (119th) North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 833 (119th) Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- H.R. 2891 (119th) IRA Charitable Rollover Facilitation and Enhancement Act of 2025
- H.R. 6280 (119th) Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1163 (119th) Rural Veterinary Workforce ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.