[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5928 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5928

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit a report annually to Congress on the average 
 time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2021

  Ms. Herrell (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Posey, Ms. 
  Salazar, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Mast, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit a report annually to Congress on the average 
 time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON SERVICE DOGS; GUIDE DOGS.

    Section 1714 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Not less than annually, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report, including--
            ``(1) the average time to provide a veteran with a service 
        dog or a guide dog in the prior year; and
            ``(2) legislative recommendations of the Secretary to 
        reduce the wait time for a veteran to be provided with a 
        service dog or a guide dog.''.
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