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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8527

Rural Animal Shelter Investment Act

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Introduced 2026-04-27Topic: social services · infrastructure utilities · agriculture food

Summary

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This bill would change a federal rural development law so that animal shelters count as essential community facilities. That would make animal shelters eligible for the federal community facilities loan and grant programs run under that law. The change would take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-04-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.refer
2026-04-27Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-04-27Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.