3.0.0 2948 2022-10-28T02:15:19Z 2022-10-28T02:15:19Z Senate S 2019-11-21 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-21T20:30:00Z PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act 116 4305 HR 2020-02-10 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2019-11-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-11-21 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2019-11-21 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-11-21 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-01-14 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2020-02-11 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2020-06-02 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-12-02 False Armed Forces and National Security Animal protection and human-animal relationships Congressional oversight Disability assistance Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health programs administration and funding Mammals Mental health Neurological disorders Service animals Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-05T13:00:32Z K9s for Veterans Therapy Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder through a method where veterans train service dogs for veterans with disabilities.

]]> K9s for Veterans Therapy Act Display Title K9s for Veterans Therapy Act Short Title(s) as Introduced K9s for Veterans Therapy Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program for work therapy using service dog training. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2948is/xml/BILLS-116s2948is.xml 2019-11-21 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.