Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act
Official title: A bill to provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Lisa Murkowski R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2025 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2025 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 620.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 620, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act” on August 13, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 5, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61670
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 620, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-69 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on September 29, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/69
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 620, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9761c614f257664c5042ccdfbb2fd7e8ab75f309ae11b38cfe4637fa30122223
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Gary Peters (D-MI), Brian Schatz (D-HI).
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Related bills
- H.R. 8473 (119th) Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.