VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5928
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2021-11-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the average time it took to provide a veteran with a service or guide dog in the prior year and legislative recommendations to reduce such wait time.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5928 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2021 Ms. Herrell (for herself, Mr. McKinley , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Posey , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Mast , and Mr. Moolenaar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report annually to Congress on the average time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021 . 2. Report on Service dogs; guide dogs Section 1714 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) Not less than annually, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report, including— (1) the average time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog in the prior year; and (2) legislative recommendations of the Secretary to reduce the wait time for a veteran to be provided with a service dog or a guide dog. .