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US SB620

Bill

Status

Engrossed

12/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lisa Murkowski

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Indian Health Service to expend funds for public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for preventing and controlling zoonotic diseases, including spaying/neutering, vaccination, surveillance, and epidemiology

  • Permits deployment of veterinary public health officers from the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service to Indian Health Service areas where zoonotic disease risk is endemic

  • Requires biennial reports to Congress on funding use, officer deployment, zoonotic disease surveillance data, and services provided under the program

  • Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study within 1 year on delivering oral rabies vaccines to wildlife in Arctic regions affecting Tribal members

  • Adds the Director of the Indian Health Service to the One Health Framework coordination requirements under the PREVENT Pandemics Act

Legislative Description

Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act

Native Americans

Last Action

Held at the desk.

12/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Indian Affairs2/18/2025

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