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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5885

   To establish a grant program to facilitate the veterinary care of 
        former law enforcement canines, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2023

               Mr. Feenstra introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
   To establish a grant program to facilitate the veterinary care of 
        former law enforcement canines, 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 ``Honoring Police Officer and K9 
Service Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO FACILITATE VETERINARY CARE FOR FORMER LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT CANINES.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a grant 
program to facilitate the care of former law enforcement canines (in 
this section referred to as the ``program'').
    (b) Grant Authority and Eligible Recipients.--In carrying out the 
program, the Attorney General may award a grant on a competitive basis 
to any entity that qualifies as a nonprofit organization under section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that the Attorney 
General determines has--
            (1) a demonstrated history of successfully assisting the 
        owners of former law enforcement canines with costs associated 
        with veterinary care, medication and antibiotics, or other 
        medical expenses for the canine; and
            (2) the capacity to record and provide a detailed 
        accounting of the purposes for which grant amounts are 
        expended.
    (c) Eligible Projects.--A recipient of a grant under the program 
may only use grant funds to cover the costs associated with veterinary 
care, medication and antibiotics, or other medical expenses determined 
necessary by a veterinarian for the former law enforcement canine.
    (d) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under the Program, an 
entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such form, and containing such information as the Attorney General 
determines appropriate.
    (e) Reports.--
            (1) Reports to attorney general.--As a condition of 
        receiving a grant under the program, a prospective recipient 
        shall agree to submit to the Attorney General, on an annual 
        basis for the duration of the project to be carried out using 
        grant funds a report containing, with respect to the year 
        covered by the report--
                    (A) a detailed accounting of how grant funds were 
                used; and
                    (B) a proposal for how activities carried out under 
                the project may be improved in the future.
            (2) Submission to congress.--Upon receiving a report under 
        paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall submit a copy of the 
        report to Congress.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2024.
    (g) Former Law Enforcement Canine Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``former law enforcement canine'' means a canine that has been 
used by a Federal, State, or local agency in the performance of law 
enforcement duties and that has been determined by such agency to be no 
longer needed for official purposes.
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