H.R. 741 · 119th Congress

Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 28, 2025 by Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 15, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 28, 2025
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative remedies
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal officials
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 28, 2025). Public domain.

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 Assistant Secretary for Indian Health within HHS.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Greg StantonD-AZ-4Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 28, 2025 · HouseReferred 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. Jan 28, 2025 · HouseReferred 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. Jan 29, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
  6. Feb 5, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  7. May 14, 2026 · HouseSubcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  8. May 14, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. May 14, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  10. Aug 27, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-767, Part I.
  11. Aug 27, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-767, Part I.
  12. Aug 27, 2026Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  13. Aug 27, 2026 · HouseCommittee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  14. Aug 27, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 668.
  15. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  16. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5568-5570)
  17. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 741.
  18. Sep 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5568)
  19. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5568)
  20. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  21. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseThe title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  22. Sep 15, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.