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H.R.2625 - Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 05/24/2017)
Committees: House - Armed Services; Veterans' Affairs
Latest Action: House - 06/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in House (05/24/2017)

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

This bill directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Service Corps Program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. An "assistance dog" is defined 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.