Title: Support Our Military Working Dogs Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Support Our Military Working Dogs Act
This bill modifies veterinary care for retired military working dogs, including by authorizing the Department of Defense to accept donations to support the long-term care of such dogs. It also prohibits military departments from charging fees for the transfer or adoption of military animals, including dogs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6188 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6188

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military working 
     dogs be retired in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2020

Mr. Garamendi (for himself and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military working 
     dogs be retired in the United States, 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 ``Support Our Military Working Dogs 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROVISION OF VETERINARY CARE FOR RETIRED 
              MILITARY WORKING DOGS.

    (a) In General.--Section 994 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a);
                    (A) by striking ``establish and maintain a system 
                to'';
                    (B) by striking ``for the veterinary care of'' and 
                inserting ``veterinary care for''; and
                    (C) by striking the second sentence;
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``that the Secretary of 
        the military department concerned determines is suitable for 
        adoption or is'' before ``adopted''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``the system authorized 
        by''.
    (b) Multi-Year Agreements With Other Entities.--Such section is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Acceptance and Use of Donated Funds.--(1) The Secretary of 
Defense may accept donations of funds, gifts, and in-kind contributions 
for the purpose of providing long-term care for any military working 
dog adopted under section 2583 of this title. Any amount so accepted 
shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a multi-year 
agreement with a veterans service organization or appropriate nonprofit 
entity under which--
            ``(A) the organization or entity may solicit and accept 
        donations of funds on behalf of the Department of Defense 
        pursuant to paragraph (1); and
            ``(B) the organization or entity agrees to transfer any 
        funds accepted pursuant to such an agreement to the Department 
        of Defense.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `veterans service organization' 
means an organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CHARGE FOR ADOPTION OF MILITARY ANIMALS.

    Section 2583(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.
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