American Veterinary Medical Association Legislative Scorecard

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1 American Veterinary Medical Association Legislative Scorecard 113th Congress July 16, 2013

2 The American Veterinary Medical Association s Governmental elations ivision (G) advocates for federal legislative issues that will impact animal and human health and advance the veterinary medical profession. AVMA uses five classifications for its legislative priorities or issues: Active Pursuit of Passage This means that a high priority application of AVMA resources will be expended to pass the bill. Support This means that the AVMA supports the bill; however, it is not a high priority. A low priority application of AVMA resources should be expended on the bill. However, if asked, the AVMA is on record for supporting the bill. Non-Support This means that the AVMA does not support the bill as written, and it is not a high priority. A low priority application of AVMA resources should be expended on the bill. However, if asked, the AVMA is on record of not supporting the bill. If applicable and appropriate, the AVMA may identify areas of the bill that would need to be changed for support of the bill to be a consideration. Active Pursuit of efeat This means that a high priority application of AVMA resources will be expended to stop the bill from becoming law. No Action This means that the AVMA has reviewed the bill but has not taken a position. The G staff will continue to monitor the legislation and advise AVMA s Legislative Advisory Committee should the legislation's status change. The legislative scorecard for the 113 th Congress gives a snapshot of each Member of Congress support for the veterinary profession and AVMA s high priority legislative initiatives, showing which issues are gaining and losing traction in Congress. It also shows the candidates that AVMA s Political Action Committee has supported (guidelines for contributions are listed at the end of this document). Legend Legislator took a pro-avma position by voting for or cosponsoring the bill Legislator took an anti-avma position by voting for or cosponsoring the bill S Bill sponsor NV id not vote Italics AVMAPAC Supported (6/30/2013) 2

3 United States House of epresentatives H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to allow veterinarians to transport, administer and dispense controlled substances outside of their registered locations. This is a companion bill to S AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Learn more about this bill in AVMA s issue brief and take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Ashley Morgan, assistant director, G, , amorgan@avma.org H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act exempts Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program (VMLP) awards from federal taxation at a rate of 39 percent. VMLP recruits livestock and public health veterinarians to practice in areas of the country where they are needed to promote food safety and assist communities with agricultural needs. This is a companion bill to S AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Take action here. AVMA Contact: Gina Luke, assistant director, G, , gluke@avma.org H Preservation of Antibiotics for amends the Federal Food, rug, and Cosmetic Act to eliminate certain uses of antibiotics in food animals. AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of efeat esources: Take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Ashley Morgan, assistant director, G, , amorgan@avma.org H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to designate additional unlawful acts with relation to soring horses, strengthen penalties for violations, improve U. S. epartment of Agriculture s enforcement capabilities, and for other purposes. AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Whitney Miller, assistant director, G, , wmiller@avma.org H Animal Fighting Spectator amends the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor to attend such a venture. It also sets civil and criminal penalties for violation. This is a companion bill to S AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Learn more about this bill in AVMA s issue brief and take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Whitney Miller, assistant director, G, , wmiller@avma.org H Safeguard American Food amends the Federal Food, rug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale or transport of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption. This is a companion bill to S AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of efeat esources: Learn more about this bill in AVMA s issue brief and take action here. 3

4 AVMA Contact: r. Whitney Miller, assistant director, G, , Veterinary Caucus U.S. eps. Kurt Schrader (-Ore.) and Ted Yoho (-Fla.), both licensed veterinarians, established the Veterinary Caucus to educate Members of the House of epresentatives and their staff on the importance that veterinary medicine has to research, public health, animal health and welfare, food safety, and the economy. The caucus will also keep the House informed about the opportunities and challenges facing veterinary medicine. 4

5 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Alabama Jo Bonner AL 01 Martha oby AL 02 Michael ogers AL 03 obert Aderholt AL 04 Mo Brooks AL 05 Spencer Bachus AL 06 Terri Sewell AL 07 Alaska on Young AK AL American Samoa Eni Faleomavaega AS AL Arizona Ann Kirkpatrick AZ 01 on Barber AZ 02 aul Grijalva AZ 03 Paul Gosar AZ 04 Matt Salmon AZ 05 avid Schweikert AZ 06 Ed Pastor AZ 07 Trent Franks AZ 08 Kyrsten Sinema AZ 09 Arkansas ick Crawford A 01 Tim Griffin A 02 Steve Womack A 03 Tom Cotton A 04 California oug LaMalfa CA 01 Jared Huffman CA 02 John Garamendi CA 03 Tom McClintock CA 04 Mike Thompson CA 05 oris Matsui CA 06 Ami Bera CA 07 Paul Cook CA 08 Jerry McNerney CA 09 Jeff enham CA 10 5

6 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict George Miller CA 11 Nancy Pelosi CA 12 Barbara Lee CA 13 Jackie Speier CA 14 Eric Swalwell CA 15 Jim Costa CA 16 Michael Honda CA 17 Anna Eshoo CA 18 Zoe Lofgren CA 19 Sam Farr CA 20 avid Valadao CA 21 evin Nunes CA 22 Kevin McCarthy CA 23 Lois Capps CA 24 Howard McKeon CA 25 Julia Brownley CA 26 Judy Chu CA 27 Adam Schiff CA 28 Tony Cardenas CA 29 Brad Sherman CA 30 Gary Miller CA 31 Grace Napolitano CA 32 Henry Waxman CA 33 Xavier Becerra CA 34 Gloria Negrete McLeod CA 35 aul uiz CA 36 Karen Bass CA 37 Linda Sanchez CA 38 Ed oyce CA 39 Lucille oybal-allard CA 40 Mark Takano CA 41 Ken Calvert CA 42 Maxine Waters CA 43 Janice Hahn CA 44 John Campbell CA 45 Loretta Sanchez CA 46 Alan Lowenthal CA 47 6

7 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict ana ohrabacher CA 48 arrell Issa CA 49 uncan Hunter CA 50 Juan Vargas CA 51 Scott Peters CA 52 Susan avis CA 53 Colorado iana egette CO 01 Jared Polis CO 02 Scott Tipton CO 03 Cory Gardner CO 04 oug Lamborn CO 05 Mike Coffman CO 06 Ed Perlmutter CO 07 Connecticut John Larson CT 01 Joe Courtney CT 02 osa elauro CT 03 Jim Himes CT 04 Elizabeth Esty CT 05 elaware John Carney E AL istrict of Columbia Eleanor Norton C AL Florida Jeff Miller FL 01 Steve Southerland FL 02 Ted Yoho FL 03 Ander Crenshaw FL 04 Corrine Brown FL 05 on esantis FL 06 John Mica FL 07 Bill Posey FL 08 Alan Grayson FL 09 aniel Webster FL 10 ich Nugent FL 11 Gus Bilirakis FL 12 7

8 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict C.W. Bill Young FL 13 Kathy Castor FL 14 ennis oss FL 15 Vern Buchanan FL 16 Tom ooney FL 17 Patrick Murphy FL 18 Trey adel FL 19 Alcee Hastings FL 20 Ted eutch FL 21 Lois Frankel FL 22 ebbie Wasserman Schultz FL 23 Frederica Wilson FL 24 Mario iaz-balart FL 25 Joe Garcia FL 26 Ileana os-lehtinen FL 27 Georgia Jack Kingston GA 01 Sanford Bishop GA 02 Lynn Westmoreland GA 03 Hank Johnson GA 04 John Lewis GA 05 Tom Price GA 06 ob Woodall GA 07 Austin Scott GA 08 oug Collins GA 09 Paul Broun GA 10 Phil Gingrey GA 11 John Barrow GA 12 avid Scott GA 13 Tom Graves GA 14 Guam Madeleine Bordallo GU AL Hawaii Colleen Hanabusa HI 01 Tulsi Gabbard HI 02 Idaho aul Labrador I 01 8

9 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Mike Simpson I 02 Illinois Bobby ush IL 01 obin Kelly IL 02 aniel Lipinski IL 03 Luis Gutierrez IL 04 Mike Quigley IL 05 Peter oskam IL 06 anny avis IL 07 Tammy uckworth IL 08 Jan Schakowsky IL 09 Brad Schneider IL 10 Bill Foster IL 11 Bill Enyart IL 12 odney avis IL 13 andy Hultgren IL 14 John Shimkus IL 15 Adam Kinzinger IL 16 Cheri Bustos IL 17 Aaron Schock IL 18 Indiana Peter Visclosky IN 01 Jackie Walorski IN 02 Marlin Stutzman IN 03 Todd okita IN 04 Susan Brooks IN 05 Luke Messer IN 06 Andre Carson IN 07 Larry Bucshon IN 08 Todd Young IN 09 Iowa Bruce Braley IA 01 ave Loebsack IA 02 Tom Latham IA 03 Steve King IA 04 Kansas Tim Huelskamp KS 01 9

10 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Lynn Jenkins KS 02 Kevin Yoder KS 03 Mike Pompeo KS 04 Kentucky Edward Whitfield KY 01 S Brett Guthrie KY 02 John Yarmuth KY 03 Thomas Massie KY 04 Harold ogers KY 05 Andy Barr KY 06 Louisiana Steve Scalise LA 01 Cedric ichmond LA 02 Charles Boustany LA 03 John Fleming LA 04 odney Alexander LA 05 Bill Cassidy LA 06 Maine Chellie Pingree ME 01 Michael Michaud ME 02 Maryland Andy Harris M 01 C.A. utch uppersberger M 02 John Sarbanes M 03 onna Edwards M 04 Steny Hoyer M 05 John elaney M 06 Elijah Cummings M 07 Chris Van Hollen M 08 Massachusetts ichard Neal MA 01 Jim McGovern MA 02 Niki Tsongas MA 03 Joseph Kennedy MA 04 Edward Markey MA 05 John Tierney MA 06 Michael Capuano MA 07 10

11 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Stephen Lynch MA 08 William Keating MA 09 Michigan an Benishek MI 01 Bill Huizenga MI 02 Justin Amash MI 03 ave Camp MI 04 an Kildee MI 05 Fred Upton MI 06 Tim Walberg MI 07 Mike ogers MI 08 Sander Levin MI 09 Candice Miller MI 10 Kerry Bentivolio MI 11 John ingell MI 12 John Conyers MI 13 Gary Peters MI 14 Minnesota Tim Walz MN 01 John Kline MN 02 Erik Paulsen MN 03 Betty McCollum MN 04 Keith Ellison MN 05 Michele Bachmann MN 06 Collin Peterson MN 07 ick Nolan MN 08 Mississippi Alan Nunnelee MS 01 Bennie Thompson MS 02 Gregg Harper MS 03 Steven Palazzo MS 04 Missouri William Lacy Clay MO 01 Ann Wagner MO 02 Blaine Luetkemeyer MO 03 Vicky Hartzler MO 04 Emanuel Cleaver MO 05 11

12 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Sam Graves MO 06 Billy Long MO 07 Jason Smith MO 08 Montana Steve aines MT AL Nebraska Jeff Fortenberry NE 01 Lee Terry NE 02 Adrian Smith NE 03 Nevada ina Titus NV 01 Mark Amodei NV 02 Joe Heck NV 03 Steven Horsford NV 04 New Hampshire Carol Shea-Porter NH 01 Ann Kuster NH 02 New Jersey obert Andrews NJ 01 Frank LoBiondo NJ 02 Jon unyan NJ 03 Christopher Smith NJ 04 Scott Garrett NJ 05 Frank Pallone NJ 06 Leonard Lance NJ 07 Albio Sires NJ 08 Bill Pascrell NJ 09 onald Payne NJ 10 odney Frelinghuysen NJ 11 ush Holt NJ 12 New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham NM 01 Steve Pearce NM 02 Ben Lujan NM 03 New York Timothy Bishop NY 01 Peter King NY 02 12

13 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Steve Israel NY 03 Carolyn McCarthy NY 04 Gregory Meeks NY 05 Grace Meng NY 06 Nydia Velazquez NY 07 Hakeem Jeffries NY 08 Yvette Clarke NY 09 Jerrold Nadler NY 10 Michael Grimm NY 11 Carolyn Maloney NY 12 Charles angel NY 13 Joseph Crowley NY 14 Jose Serrano NY 15 Eliot Engel NY 16 Nita Lowey NY 17 Sean Maloney NY 18 Chris Gibson NY 19 Paul Tonko NY 20 Bill Owens NY 21 ichard Hanna NY 22 Tom eed NY 23 an Maffei NY 24 Louise Slaughter NY 25 S Brian Higgins NY 26 Chris Collins NY 27 North Carolina G.K. Butterfield NC 01 enee Ellmers NC 02 Walter Jones NC 03 avid Price NC 04 Virginia Foxx NC 05 Howard Coble NC 06 Mike McIntyre NC 07 ichard Hudson NC 08 obert Pittenger NC 09 Patrick McHenry NC 10 Mark Meadows NC 11 13

14 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Melvin Watt NC 12 George Holding NC 13 North akota Kevin Cramer N AL Northern Mariana Islands Gregorio Sablan MP AL Ohio Steve Chabot OH 01 Brad Wenstrup OH 02 Joyce Beatty OH 03 Jim Jordan OH 04 Bob Latta OH 05 Bill Johnson OH 06 Bob Gibbs OH 07 John Boehner OH 08 Marcy Kaptur OH 09 Michael Turner OH 10 Marcia Fudge OH 11 Pat Tiberi OH 12 Tim yan OH 13 avid Joyce OH 14 Steve Stivers OH 15 James enacci OH 16 Oklahoma Jim Bridenstine OK 01 Markwayne Mullin OK 02 Frank Lucas OK 03 Tom Cole OK 04 James Lankford OK 05 Oregon Suzanne Bonamici O 01 Greg Walden O 02 Earl Blumenauer O 03 Peter efazio O 04 Kurt Schrader O 05 S S Pennsylvania obert Brady PA 01 14

15 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Chaka Fattah PA 02 Mike Kelly PA 03 Scott Perry PA 04 Glenn Thompson PA 05 Jim Gerlach PA 06 Patrick Meehan PA 07 S Michael Fitzpatrick PA 08 Bill Shuster PA 09 Tom Marino PA 10 S Lou Barletta PA 11 Keith othfus PA 12 Allyson Schwartz PA 13 Mike oyle PA 14 Charlie ent PA 15 Joe Pitts PA 16 Matt Cartwright PA 17 Tim Murphy PA 18 Puerto ico Pedro Pierluisi P AL hode Island avid Cicilline I 01 Jim Langevin I 02 South Carolina Mark Sanford SC 01 Joe Wilson SC 02 Jeff uncan SC 03 Trey Gowdy SC 04 Mick Mulvaney SC 05 James Clyburn SC 06 Tom ice SC 07 South akota Kristi Noem S AL Tennessee Phil oe TN 01 John uncan TN 02 Chuck Fleischmann TN 03 Scott esjarlais TN 04 15

16 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Jim Cooper TN 05 iane Black TN 06 Marsha Blackburn TN 07 Stephen Fincher TN 08 Steve Cohen TN 09 Texas Louie Gohmert TX 01 Ted Poe TX 02 Sam Johnson TX 03 alph Hall TX 04 Jeb Hensarling TX 05 Joe Barton TX 06 John Culberson TX 07 Kevin Brady TX 08 Al Green TX 09 Michael McCaul TX 10 K. Michael Conaway TX 11 Kay Granger TX 12 Mac Thornberry TX 13 andy Weber TX 14 uben Hinojosa TX 15 Beto O'ourke TX 16 Bill Flores TX 17 Sheila Jackson Lee TX 18 andy Neugebauer TX 19 Joaquin Castro TX 20 Lamar Smith TX 21 Pete Olson TX 22 Pete Gallego TX 23 Kenny Marchant TX 24 oger Williams TX 25 Michael Burgess TX 26 Blake Farenthold TX 27 Henry Cuellar TX 28 Gene Green TX 29 Eddie Bernice Johnson TX 30 John Carter TX 31 16

17 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict Pete Sessions TX 32 Marc Veasey TX 33 Filemon Vela TX 34 Lloyd oggett TX 35 Steve Stockman TX 36 Utah ob Bishop UT 01 Chris Stewart UT 02 Jason Chaffetz UT 03 Jim Matheson UT 04 Vermont Peter Welch VT AL Virginia ob Wittman VA 01 Scott igell VA 02 obert Scott VA 03 J. andy Forbes VA 04 obert Hurt VA 05 obert Goodlatte VA 06 Eric Cantor VA 07 James Moran VA 08 Morgan Griffith VA 09 Frank Wolf VA 10 Gerald Connolly VA 11 Virgin Islands onna Christensen VI AL Washington Suzan elbene WA 01 ick Larsen WA 02 Jaime Herrera Beutler WA 03 oc Hastings WA 04 Cathy McMorris odgers WA 05 erek Kilmer WA 06 Jim Mcermott WA 07 ave eichert WA 08 Adam Smith WA 09 enny Heck WA 10 17

18 H Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act H Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act H Preservation of Antibiotics for H Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H Animal Fighting Spectator H Safeguard American Food U.S. House Members Party State istrict West Virginia avid McKinley WV 01 Shelley Capito WV 02 Nick ahall WV 03 Wisconsin Paul yan WI 01 Mark Pocan WI 02 on Kind WI 03 Gwen Moore WI 04 Jim Sensenbrenner WI 05 Tom Petri WI 06 Sean uffy WI 07 eid ibble WI 08 Wyoming Cynthia Lummis WY AL 18

19 United States Senate S Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to allow veterinarians to transport, administer and dispense controlled substances outside of their registered locations. This is a companion bill to H AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Learn more about this bill in AVMA s issue brief and take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Ashley Morgan, assistant director, G, , amorgan@avma.org S. 553 Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act exempts Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program (VMLP) awards from federal taxation at a rate of 39 percent. VMLP recruits livestock and public health veterinarians to practice in areas of the country where they are needed to promote food safety and assist communities with agricultural needs. This is a companion bill to H AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Take action here. AVMA Contact: Gina Luke, assistant director, G, , gluke@avma.org S. 666 Animal Fighting Spectator amends the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor to attend such a venture. It sets civil and criminal penalties for violation. This is a companion bill to H AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of Passage esources: Learn more about this bill in AVMA s issue brief and take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Whitney Miller, assistant director, G, , wmiller@avma.org S. 541 Safeguard American Food amends the Federal Food, rug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale or transport of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption. This is a companion bill to H AVMA Position: Active Pursuit of efeat esources: Learn more about this bill in AVMA s issue brief and take action here. AVMA Contact: r. Whitney Miller, assistant director, G, , wmiller@avma.org 19

20 S Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act S. 553 Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act S. 666 Animal Fighting Spectator S. 541 Safeguard American Food U.S. Senators Alabama Jeff Sessions ichard Shelby Alaska Party Mark Begich Lisa Murkowski Arizona Mark Pryor John Boozman Arkansas Jeff Flake John McCain California ianne Feinstein Barbara Boxer Colorado Mark Udall Michael Bennet Connecticut Christopher Murphy ichard Blumenthal S elaware Thomas Carper Chris Coons Florida Bill Nelson Marco ubio Georgia Saxby Chambliss Johnny Isakson Hawaii Mazie Hirono Brian Schatz Idaho Jim isch Michael Crapo Illinois ichard urbin Mark Kirk 20

21 S Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act S. 553 Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act S. 666 Animal Fighting Spectator S. 541 Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2013 U.S. Senators Indiana Joe onnelly an Coats Iowa Party Tom Harkin Charles Grassley Kansas Pat oberts Jerry Moran S Kentucky Mitch McConnell and Paul Louisiana Mary Landrieu S avid Vitter Maine Angus King I Susan Collins Maryland Benjamin Cardin Barbara Mikulski Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren William Cowan Michigan ebbie Stabenow Carl Levin Minnesota Amy Klobuchar Al Franken Mississippi oger Wicker Thad Cochran Missouri Claire McCaskill oy Blunt 21

22 S Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act S. 553 Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act S. 666 Animal Fighting Spectator S. 541 Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2013 U.S. Senators Montana Party Jon Tester Max Baucus Nebraska eb Fischer Mike Johanns Nevada ean Heller Harry eid New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen Kelly Ayotte New Jersey obert Menendez Jeff Chiesa New Mexico Martin Heinrich Tom Udall New York Kirsten Gillibrand Charles Schumer North Carolina Kay Hagan ichard Burr North akota Heidi Heitkamp John Hoeven Ohio Sherrod Brown ob Portman Oklahoma James Inhofe Tom Coburn Oregon Jeff Merkley on Wyden 22

23 S Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act S. 553 Veterinary Medicine Loan epayment Program Enhancement Act S. 666 Animal Fighting Spectator S. 541 Safeguard American Food U.S. Senators Pennsylvania Bob Casey Patrick Toomey hode Island Party Sheldon Whitehouse Jack eed South Carolina Lindsey Graham Tim Scott South akota Tim Johnson S John Thune Tennessee Bob Corker Lamar Alexander Texas Ted Cruz John Cornyn Utah Orrin Hatch Mike Lee Vermont Bernard Sanders I Patrick Leahy Virginia Tim Kaine Mark Warner Washington Maria Cantwell Patty Murray West Virginia Joe Manchin Jay ockefeller Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin on Johnson Wyoming John Barrasso Michael Enzi 23

24 AVMAPAC CITEIA FO CANIATE CONTIBUTIONS AVMA s Political Action Committee (AVMAPAC) is a bipartisan political action committee that was established in 1978 to help elect candidates to Congress who are responsive to the needs of the veterinary profession. There is a prioritization system to enable the AVMAPAC manager, AVMA Federal Legislative Team, and the AVMAPAC Board to effectively determine the importance of an incumbent/candidate to the veterinary profession. The criteria below are considered as general guidelines only. The following criteria are used by AVMAPAC in evaluating distributions: Is the incumbent/candidate, or his/her family member, a veterinarian? Is the incumbent/candidate a pro-science and pro-veterinary medicine legislator? oes the incumbent/candidate represent a district/state with veterinary schools? oes the incumbent/candidate represent a district/state with a significant number of AVMA members, and does the incumbent/candidate have a strong relationship with AVMA s members? Is the incumbent on key congressional committees which consider legislation of importance to AVMA and are supportive of AVMA positions? The AVMAPAC Suggested Guidelines for Contributions: AVMAPAC supports Congressional Members who are veterinarians or who have a veterinarian in their families. AVMAPAC supports incumbents who serve in leadership positions or who are on key Congressional committees that consider legislation of importance to AVMA and who are supportive of AVMA s policies and positions. AVMAPAC supports incumbents who understand veterinary concerns and who are supportive of AVMA s positions. AVMAPAC s priority is to Members of Congress who serve in leadership or who sit on committees of jurisdiction, but not limited to House and Senate Agriculture Committees; House Energy and Commerce Committee; Senate HELP committee; House Small Business Committee; and Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. AVMAPAC will not generally contribute to a leadership PAC. In special circumstances, leadership PACs will be considered. AVMAPAC will not generally contribute to a Senate race out of cycle. In special circumstances, such races will be considered. AVMAPAC will not generally contribute to the retirement of campaign debt. In special circumstances, debt retirement will be considered. AVMAPAC will comply with the letter and spirit of all federal and state laws. 24

25 AVMAPAC will ensure that no contributions are made in a manner that suggests or implies that the contributions are in return for any legislative act. AVMAPAC, as a general principle, will allocate funds along the following guidelines for an election cycle: U.S. House of epresentatives $1,000 Incumbents who are on key committees. $2,000 Candidates and incumbents who are in leadership. $5,000 Candidates and incumbents with proven records as key Congressional allies $10,000 Maximum contribution for an especially supportive candidate who is in a difficult election U.S. Senate $1,000 Incumbents who are on key committees $2,500 Candidates and incumbents who are in leadership $5,000 Candidates and incumbents with proven records as key Congressional allies $10,000 Maximum contribution for an especially supportive candidate who is in a difficult election Political Parties: $30,000 National epublican Senatorial Committee $30,000 National epublican Congressional Committee $30,000 emocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee $30,000 emocratic Congressional Campaign Committee 25