
Hurd
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"This legislation amends the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act of of 2000 to transfer administrative responsibility for the Act's regulatory reform authority from the Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior."
“This legislation amends the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act of of 2000 to transfer administrative responsibility for the Act's regulatory reform authority from the Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior.”
8473 Authorizes HHS to use funds for public health veterinary services to address zoonotic diseases. Additionally, IHS would coordinate with the United States Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide public health veterinary services. Finally, we will consider H.R. 8954, The Tribal Regulatory Reform Implementation Act of 2026, which I am proud to sponsor. This legislation amends the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act of of 2000 to transfer administrative responsibility for the Act's regulatory reform authority from the Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior.
A House subcommittee took testimony June 9 on legislation that would transfer a dormant 2000 tribal regulatory reform mandate from Commerce to Interior, 25 years after the authority was supposed to convene.

Rep. Nick Begich's H.R. 8473 would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies vaccination and spay/neuter in rural Alaska, where rabies is endemic in foxes.
