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S. Rept. 119-69 1 (2025-09-29)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahtp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 174 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 119-69 VETERINARY SERVICES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES ACT SEPTEMBER 29, 2025.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 620] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 620) to provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE S. 620 would authorize the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use funds for public health veterinary services and to assign or deploy veterinary officers from the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps to prevent and control rabies and other zoonotic diseases 1 in Indian Health Service (IHS) Service areas where those diseases are en- demic in wildlife and there is risk of disease transmission to do- mestic animals or humans. BACKGROUND AND NEED Veterinary public health services represent a critical and often overlooked component of human healthcare and disease prevention. The World Health Organization defines veterinary public health as ''a component of public health that focuses on the application of veterinary science as a contribution to the protection and improve- IZoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are diseases caused by harmful germs that spread between animals and people. See About Zoonotic Diseases, U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/aboutlabout-zoonotic-diseases.html. 59-010