3.0.0 3083 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-10-27 117 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-27T17:03:43Z Support Our Military Working Dogs Act 117 1739 HR 2021-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2021-10-27 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2021-10-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-10-27 True Armed Forces and National Security Animal and plant health Charitable contributions Conflicts and wars Defense spending Department of Defense Emergency medical services and trauma care Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health information and medical records Health personnel Mammals Medical research Military medicine Public contracts and procurement Service animals User charges and fees Veterans' organizations and recognition Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-10-27 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-13T22:08:00Z Support Our Military Working Dogs Act

This bill addresses provisions regarding the care and study of military working dogs.

First, the bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to accept donations for the purpose of providing long-term care for retired military working dogs that have been adopted.

The bill authorizes DOD to enter into a multi-year agreement with a veterans service organization or nonprofit entity to solicit, accept, and transfer funds to provide long-term care for adopted military working dogs.

The bill prohibits charging a fee for the adoption of a military animal.

The bill updates the duties of the Joint Trauma Education and Training Directorate. Specifically, the bill requires the directorate to develop a comprehensive trauma care registry with respect to military working dogs. Additionally, the directorate must inform and advise the conduct of research on the leading causes of morbidity and mortality of military working dogs in combat.

Finally, DOD must establish a personnel management plan for veterinary care.

]]> Support Our Military Working Dogs Act Display Title Support Our Military Working Dogs Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Support Our Military Working Dogs Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve veterinary care for retired military working dogs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3083is/xml/BILLS-117s3083is.xml 2021-10-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.