3.0.0 613 2023-02-14T14:35:24Z 2023-02-14T14:35:24Z Senate S 2021-03-05 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-06-23T19:00:32Z Referred to 2021-03-05T15:42:26Z PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act 117 1448 HR 2021-08-25 Became Public Law No: 117-37. Related bill CRS 2021-06-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231. Committee 2021-03-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-03-05 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 2021-03-05 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-03-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-03-05 True M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2021-04-19 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-04-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-05-18 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-05-25 False W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. 2021-06-17 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 2021-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-15T14:12:03Z Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act or the PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

This bill implements a program and a policy related to service dog therapy for veterans. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a five-year 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.

The bill also authorizes the VA to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses, regardless of whether they have a mobility impairment.

]]> PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act Display Title PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s613is/xml/BILLS-117s613is.xml 2021-06-23 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231. 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.