Political Action Committee
National Association of Federal Veterinarians Political Actions Committee
est. 1976
Mission:
To work as the politically influencing body of our Association
Donation Rules - Read carefully
The work of the PAC is completely funded by member donations. You must be a member of NAFV to donate. Note: The PayPal account must be in your name as well. We are required to report to the Federal Elections Commission regularly.
Pac Issues
Veterinary Loan Repayment
We are working with our allied organizations to ensure these programs continue, are funded and tax considerations are addressed. Ask us if you have questions.
Fully Staff Vacancies
We have successfully acquired $7 million for FSIS to staff the excessive SPHV vacant positions. We continue to work with Congress and FSIS to help recruitment and retention.
Pass Funded One Health Act(s)
The work of our members is protecting the health of humans, animals and the environment which is the essence of One Health. Helping to pass and fund One Heath Bills will help our members coordinate across Agency lines.
Veterinary Professional Pay
Recruitment and retention are the key issues involved in establishing equity with other professions. This is a key goal of ours. Working to close the pay gap has been a goal for a long hard uphill battle. But we continue to advocate for the use of Special Pay in hard to fill areas of the country, Specialty Pay and Locality Pay where it is not offered and won’t give up. To see where you stand currently you can use the AVMA’s Veterinary Salary Estimator for New Veterinarians Use this tool to guide salary negotiations or map out different earning scenarios as you begin your veterinary career.
Overtime (Reimbursable and Annual Salary Cap)
Veterinarians in APHIS have their reimbursable overtime pay capped at a GS-10 level. We are working to change this so they are fairly compensated for their professional services. Additionally there is an annual salary cap that reduces appropriate compensation of higher graded veterinarians who max out at GS-15 step 7. When working on major disease outbreaks many more veterinarians hit the annual salary cap are end up working for free for some of their time at the end of the year. While it will take literally an act of Congress to change this we are working on it.
Legislation Monitoring
Along with our allied organizations we monitor pending legislation that may impact federal veterinarians. Evaluation our position on the issue and let that position be known.
Support Our Pac Goals
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals of advocating for the federal veterinarian.