3.0.0 3689 2019-02-20T23:45:00Z 2019-02-23T21:35:53Z Senate S S 2012-12-18 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-18T22:47:34Z K-9 Companion Corps Act 112 943 HR 2011-04-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2012-12-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2012-12-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8139) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N Armed Forces and National Security Animal protection and human-animal relationships Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Hearing, speech, and vision care Neurological disorders Service animals Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-08T20:00:06Z Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Program for the awarding of grants to certain nonprofit organizations to assist them in establishing and operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain visual, hearing, or mobility disabilities. Requires such Secretaries to determine whether such assistance for members or veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury would be appropriate, taking into account the findings of a specified study conducted under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.

Defines the term "assistance dog" to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such term does not include a dog specifically trained for comfort or personal defense.

]]> Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Act Short Titles as Introduced Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Act Display Title Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to encourage the use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3689is/xml/BILLS-112s3689is.xml 2012-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.