SATOS Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a USDA rural development program to provide grants, loans, and technical assistance for domestic animal shelters, veterinary clinics, and related animal care facilities in rural areas.
Who Benefits and How
State, local, Tribal, and nonprofit operators of rural animal care facilities could gain funding and technical assistance to build, expand, equip, and manage shelters and clinics.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA would have to establish the program by rule, set federal cost shares, administer grants and loans, and submit recurring reports to Congress.
Key Provisions
- Creates grants and loans for rural animal shelters, clinics, adoption centers, emergency shelters, and related facilities.
- Allows technical assistance grants and sets cost-share rules and priorities.
- Requires implementing rules within 180 days, grant and loan awards within 1 year, and recurring congressional reports.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a USDA rural development program to provide grants, loans, and technical assistance for domestic animal shelters, veterinary clinics, and related animal care facilities in rural areas.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Rural Development
Primary Purpose
This bill creates a USDA rural development program to provide grants, loans, and technical assistance for domestic animal shelters, veterinary clinics, and related animal care facilities in rural areas.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Eligible operators of rural animal care facilities
- Rural communities that rely on animal shelters and veterinary access
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- USDA officials implementing the rural animal care facility program
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and …
Mr. Hernández (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Titus) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Eligible operators of rural animal shelters, clinics, adoption centers, and related facilities
USDA officials implementing and reporting on the rural animal care facility program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
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