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S. Rept. 119-69
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687; text: CR S8687)
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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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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S. 620, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61670
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 5, 2025
Native Americans
- Animal and plant health
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- Arctic and polar regions
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- Congressional oversight
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- Health promotion and preventive care
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- Immunology and vaccination
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- Indian social and development programs
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- Infectious and parasitic diseases
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- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
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Native Americans
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Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
This 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.

Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
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Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
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- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
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Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
2025-12-12T06:08:16Z
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Senate
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- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
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Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
2025-10-01T04:38:12Z
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Senate
Reported to Senate
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
2025-03-04T15:23:23Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
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A bill to provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention, and for other purposes.
2025-03-04T15:18:43Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Engrossed in Senate
2025-12-11T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s620es/xml/BILLS-119s620es.xml
- Reported to Senate
2025-09-29T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s620rs/xml/BILLS-119s620rs.xml
- Introduced in Senate
2025-02-18T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s620is/xml/BILLS-119s620is.xml
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