S 620 119th Congress
Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
A bill to provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Introduced in Senate
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 174.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-69.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-69.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687; text: CR S8687)
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Received in the House.
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Held at the desk.
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the Senate. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in Senate | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 174. | No additional detail supplied.Calendars · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-69. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-69. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Library of Congress · Code 14000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionReported to Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionPassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687; text: CR S8687) | No additional detail supplied.Floor · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. | No additional detail supplied.Floor · Library of Congress · Code 17000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionEngrossed in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionMessage on Senate action sent to the House. | No additional detail supplied.Floor · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionReceived in the House. | No additional detail supplied.Floor · House floor actions · Code H14000 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionHeld at the desk. | No additional detail supplied.Floor · House floor actions · Code H15000 | Congress.gov |
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Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities ActThis bill expands support for public health veterinary services (e.g., disease surveillance or vaccination) in tribal communities to address zoonotic infectious diseases (i.e., diseases that spread between humans and animals).Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Indian Health Service (IHS), to expend funds for public health veterinary services to prevent and control zoonotic disease infection and transmission in IHS areas where the risk for disease occurrence in humans and wildlife is endemic.HHS may assign or deploy veterinary public health officers from the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps to IHS areas.Additionally, HHS must submit a biennial report to Congress on the use of funds, the assignment and deployment of veterinary public health officers from the USPHS Commissioned Corps, data related to the monitoring and disease surveillance of zoonotic diseases, and related services.The bill also includes the IHS as a coordinating agency in the National One Health Framework. (This framework addresses zoonotic diseases and advances public health preparedness in the United States.)The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study on the delivery of oral rabies vaccines to wildlife reservoir species that are connected to the transmission of rabies to tribal members living in Arctic regions of the United States. The study must (1) evaluate the efficacy of the oral rabies vaccines, and (2) make recommendations to improve the delivery of these vaccines.
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- Engrossed in SenateDec 11, 2025
- Reported to SenateSep 29, 2025
- Introduced in SenateFeb 18, 2025