VETERINARY MEDICINE LOAN REPAYMENT.

SEC. 7105. VETERINARY MEDICINE LOAN REPAYMENT.(a) In General.—Section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a) is amended—(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:“(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.”;122 STAT. 1217(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:“(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.”;(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:“(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, United States Code.“(e) Regulations.—Notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.”.(b) Disapproval of Transfer of Funds.—Congress disapproves the transfer of funds from the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to the Food Safety and Inspection Service described in the notice of use of funds for implementation of the veterinary medicine loan repayment program authorized by the National Veterinary Medical Service Act (72 Fed. Reg. 48609 (August 24, 2007)), and such funds shall be rescinded on the date of enactment of this Act and made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for use only in accordance with section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a) (as amended by subsection (a)).