#aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#fbj  ,,an ,,act  ,to provide public    
health veterinary services to ,indian   
,tribes and ,tribal organizations for   
rabies prevention1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterinary         
,services to ,improve ,public ,health in
 ,rural ,communities ,act4  #b4 ,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 ,indian ,tribes and ,tribal  
organizations to address zoonotic       
disease threats in the communities they 
serve by providing public health        
veterinary services through a ,one      
,health approach that recognizes the    
interconnection between people1 animals1
 plants1 and their shared environment4  
#c4 ,public health veterinary services  
,title ,,ii of the ,indian ,health ,care
 ,improvement ,act is amended by        
inserting after section #bbc 7#be       

,u4,s4,c4 #afbav7 the following3  #bbd4 
,public health veterinary services  7a7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,public health veterinary services ,the 
term public health veterinary services  
includes any of the following3 7,a7     
,spaying and neutering services for     
domestic animals4  7,b7 ,diagnoses4     
7,c7 ,surveillance4  7,d7 ,epidemiology4
  7,e7 ,control4  7,f7 ,prevention4     
7,g7 ,elimination4  7,h7 ,vaccination4  
7,i7 ,any other related service or      
activity that reduces the risk of       
zoonotic disease transmission or        
antimicrobial resistance in humans1     
food1 or animals4  7#b7 ,zoonotic       
disease ,the term zoonotic disease means
 a disease or infection that may be     
transmitted naturally from vertebrate   
animals to humans1 or from humans to    
vertebrate animals4  7b7 ,authorization 
for veterinary services ,the ,secretary1
 acting through the ,service1 may expend
 funds1 directly or pursuant to the     
,indian ,self-,determination and        

,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        
,u4,s4,c4 #ecja et seq471 for public    
health veterinary services to prevent   
and control zoonotic disease infection  
and transmission in ,service areas where
 the risk for disease occurrence in     
humans and wildlife is endemic4  7c7    
,public health officers2 coordination   
,in providing public health veterinary  
services under subsection 7b71 the      
,secretary may-- 7#a7 assign or deploy  
veterinary public health officers from  
the ,commissioned ,corps of the ,public 
,health ,service to ,service areas2 and 
7#b7 coordinate and implement activities
 with-- 7,a7 the ,director of the       
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention2 and  7,b7 the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture4  7d7 ,report ,the        
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,indian ,affairs of the   
,senate1 the ,committee on ,health1     
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate1 the ,committee on ,natural    
,resources of the ,house of             

,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives a biennial report on   
the use of funds1 the assignment and    
deployment of veterinary public health  
officers from the ,commissioned ,corps  
of the ,public ,health ,service1 data   
related to the monitoring and disease   
surveillance of zoonotic diseases1 and  
related services provided under this    
section4  4  #d4 ,,aphis wildlife       
services study on oral rabies vaccines  
in ,arctic regions of the ,united       
,states ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,agriculture shall conduct
 a feasibility study-- 7#a7 on the      
delivery of oral rabies vaccines to     
wildlife reservoir species that are     
directly or indirectly connected to the 
transmission of rabies to ,tribal       
members living in ,arctic regions of the
 ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 that-- 7,a7 
evaluates the efficacy of the vaccines  
described in paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7  

makes recommendations to improve the    
delivery of those vaccines4  #e4 ,one   
,health framework ,section #bbce7;b7 of 
the ,prepare for and ,respond to        
,existing ,viruses1 ,emerging ,new      
,threats1 and ,pandemics ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;hh-#cg7;b77 is amended by
 striking and the ,secretary of the     
,interior and inserting 1 the ,secretary
 of the ,interior1 and the ,director of 
the ,indian ,health ,service4  ,passed  
the ,senate ,december #aa1              
#bjbe4,secretary