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Proclamation 10815 of September 19, 2024 

National Service Dog Day, 2024 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

On National Service Dog Day, we recognize the proven benefits that service 

dogs bring to so many people across our Nation. 

Service dogs have long been at people’s sides—acting as an important source 

of comfort and an essential resource to help with everyday life. It was 

not until 1990, when we passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, that 

our Nation fully recognized and protected service dogs by law. I am proud 

to have co-sponsored this landmark legislation years ago, and I am proud 

of its continued legacy today. Service dogs continue to provide valuable 

aid and support, improving people’s lives—and even sometimes saving them. 

For people with disabilities and those struggling with their health, service 

dogs can help them perform everyday tasks, alert them of oncoming medical 

episodes, or remind them to take medication. For those dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder or anxiety, service dogs can be a source of comfort 

and care—waking their owner up during nightmares or helping them navigate 

large crowds. 

My Administration has worked to ensure that everyone has access to the 

health care and support services they need. I signed the Puppies Assisting 

Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act, which established a 

pilot program that makes veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder eligible to train service dogs. Additionally, the Department of Veterans 

Affairs has also provided the Service Dog Veterinary Health Insurance Benefit 

to over 1,400 veterans, ensuring that veterinary costs for their service dogs 

are covered. And the Department of Transportation established the firstever Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights, which affirmed the 

right to travel with a service animal, and proposed a rule to ensure all 

passengers with disabilities—including those with service animals—can travel safely and with dignity. 

Today, may we celebrate service dogs, who offer assistance, comfort, and 

unconditional love to so many. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 20, 2024, 

as National Service Dog Day. I call upon the people of the United States 

to honor the role of service dogs in the lives of people with disabilities 

and America’s veterans with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 


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77768 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 24, 2024 / Presidential Documents 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day 

of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21977 

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