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Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025

119th CongressIntroduced January 28, 2025Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]· AZ-04
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
September 15, 2026

Summary

Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025 This bill elevates the current position of the Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to

Committees

  • PrimaryIndian Affairs Committee
  • AlsoEnergy and Commerce Committee
  • AlsoNatural Resources Committee

CRS subjects

Administrative remediesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structure

Action history

  1. January 28, 2025Introduced in House
  2. January 28, 2025Introduced in House
  3. January 28, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. January 28, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. January 29, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
  6. February 5, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
  7. May 14, 2026Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  8. May 14, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. May 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  10. August 27, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-767, Part I.
  11. August 27, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-767, Part I.
  12. August 27, 2026Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  13. August 27, 2026Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  14. August 27, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 668.
  15. September 14, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  16. September 14, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5568-5570)
  17. September 14, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 741.
  18. September 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  19. September 14, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5568)
  20. September 14, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  21. September 14, 2026The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  22. September 15, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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