H.R. 2625 · 115th Congress

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2017-05-24
Latest action
2017-06-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summary

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.