HR 1154 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

VETS Dogs Act

Introduced Mar 17, 2011 Originated House Sponsor John R. Carter R-TX

Latest action · Jul 28, 2011 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 17, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act or VETS Dogs Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from prohibiting the use of service dogs in or on any VA facility or property or any facility or property that receives VA funding.

Cosponsors 69

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2011 to Jan 18, 2012; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-FL	John L. Mica	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Mar 30, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Mar 30, 2011
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Mar 30, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 30, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Mar 30, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 30, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Mar 30, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 30, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 30, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 30, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Mar 31, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Mar 31, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Apr 7, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Apr 7, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Apr 7, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Apr 7, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 2, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 2, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		May 2, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		May 3, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 4, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		May 12, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		May 12, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 12, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Jun 2, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jun 21, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jun 21, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 21, 2011
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Jul 25, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Aug 1, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Aug 5, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Sep 8, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Sep 8, 2011
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Oct 24, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Dec 14, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jan 18, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 17, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 1, 2011Hearings Jul 25, 2011Markup Jul 28, 2011Reported Jul 28, 2011

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 28, 2011Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 28, 2011Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Jul 25, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2011Introduced in House

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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1502	Michele Bachmann R-MN	Aug 5, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1986.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 112-26	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 198, H.R. 1154, H.R. 1855, H.R. 2074, H.R. 2530, AND DRAFT LEGISLATION92 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Jul 25, 2011

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 769	VETS Dogs Act of 2011	Related bill	Jun 8, 2011

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the use of service dogs on Department of Veterans Affairs property.
Short Titles as Introduced: VETS Dogs Act; Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 17, 2011Introduced in House

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