HR8473-119

In Committee

Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 23, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Environment, Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H01BD2FCD33774AB7864537B4E43142B9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act.
  • Section H340755BB4DA548B7955B120C47F8C625: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services is uniquely suited to empower...
  • Section H63B29F5068504A438C8BCC7DCF03CF68: 3. Public health veterinary services Title II of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is amended by inserting after section 223 (25 U.S.C. 1621v) the...
  • Section H287940C5F79147D08F80BD7B0500E35C: 224. Public health veterinary services In this section: The term public health veterinary services includes any of the following: Spaying and neutering...
  • Section H3AADAA9528DD4128BE201919156AC2B5: 4. APHIS wildlife services study on oral rabies vaccines in Arctic regions of the United States Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Environment, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Environment Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 9, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Jun 3, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.

Apr 23, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …

Apr 23, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 23, 2026

Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Environment Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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