HR 4764 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

Introduced Mar 16, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Ron DeSantis R-FL

Latest action · Mar 16, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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 16, 2016
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the VA shall provide service dogs and veterinary health insurance to certain veterans who: (1) served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001; and (2) were diagnosed with, and continue to suffer from, post-traumatic stress disorder.

The provision of a service dog shall be done in addition to other types of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and shall not replace established treatment modalities.

Cosponsors 126

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2016 to Nov 14, 2016; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-FL	David W. Jolly	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Mar 16, 2016
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus	Original	Mar 16, 2016
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-AZ	Martha McSally	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-AZ	Matt Salmon	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-MI	Mike Bishop	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Original	Mar 16, 2016
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Mar 16, 2016
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 17, 2016
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Mar 17, 2016
R-NC	Mark Walker		Mar 17, 2016
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Mar 21, 2016
R-PA	Scott Perry		Mar 21, 2016
R-NY	John Katko		Mar 22, 2016
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Mar 22, 2016
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Mar 22, 2016
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Mar 23, 2016
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Mar 23, 2016
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Apr 12, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Apr 12, 2016
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Apr 12, 2016
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Apr 12, 2016
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Apr 12, 2016
R-TX	Brian Babin		Apr 13, 2016
R-VA	Dave Brat		Apr 13, 2016
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Apr 13, 2016
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Apr 13, 2016
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Apr 13, 2016
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Apr 14, 2016
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Apr 14, 2016
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Apr 14, 2016
R-OK	Steve Russell		Apr 14, 2016
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Apr 15, 2016
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Apr 15, 2016
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Apr 15, 2016
R-IA	Rod Blum		Apr 15, 2016
R-TX	Will Hurd		Apr 15, 2016
R-GA	Doug Collins		Apr 18, 2016
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Apr 18, 2016
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 18, 2016
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Apr 18, 2016
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Apr 18, 2016
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Apr 19, 2016
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Apr 26, 2016
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Apr 26, 2016
R-MD	Andy Harris		Apr 27, 2016
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 27, 2016
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Apr 27, 2016
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Apr 28, 2016
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 29, 2016
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Apr 29, 2016
R-TX	Ted Poe		Apr 29, 2016
R-FL	Bill Posey		May 10, 2016
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 10, 2016
R-PA	Tom Marino		May 12, 2016
D-NV	Dina Titus		May 13, 2016
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		May 16, 2016
R-NY	Chris Collins		May 16, 2016
R-PA	Tim Murphy		May 16, 2016
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		May 18, 2016
D-CA	Mark Takano		May 18, 2016
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		May 18, 2016
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		May 24, 2016
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 24, 2016
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		May 24, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		May 25, 2016
R-UT	Rob Bishop		May 25, 2016
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		May 25, 2016
R-TX	Joe Barton		May 26, 2016
D-FL	Gwen Graham		May 27, 2016
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Jun 7, 2016
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jun 7, 2016
D-CO	Jared Polis		Jun 7, 2016
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jun 7, 2016
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jun 7, 2016
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 8, 2016
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jun 9, 2016
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jun 9, 2016
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 9, 2016
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jun 10, 2016
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Jun 13, 2016
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jun 14, 2016
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jun 16, 2016
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 21, 2016
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jun 21, 2016
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 21, 2016
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jun 21, 2016
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Jul 5, 2016
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jul 5, 2016
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 7, 2016
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jul 7, 2016
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 12, 2016
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jul 14, 2016
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jul 14, 2016
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Sep 6, 2016
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 6, 2016
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 6, 2016
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Sep 6, 2016
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 6, 2016
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Sep 6, 2016
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Sep 6, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 8, 2016
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Sep 8, 2016
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Sep 8, 2016
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Sep 13, 2016
R-NC	David Rouzer		Sep 13, 2016
R-TX	John R. Carter		Sep 13, 2016
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Sep 20, 2016
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Sep 20, 2016
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 20, 2016
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Sep 22, 2016
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Sep 26, 2016
R-NY	Peter T. King		Sep 26, 2016
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Sep 27, 2016
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 27, 2016
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Sep 28, 2016
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Nov 14, 2016
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Nov 14, 2016

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 16, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 16, 2016Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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: Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 42, March 16, 2016, page H1419.

Printed hearings 2

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. 114-75	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: H.R. 3216, H.R. 4150, H.R. 4764, H.R. 5047, H.R. 5083, H.R. 5162, H.R. 5166, H.R. 5392, H.R. 5407, H.R. 5416, H.R. 5420, AND H.R. 5428114 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Jun 23, 2016
Serial No. 114-118	CONNECTING VETERANS WITH PTSD WITH SERVICE DOGS74 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Apr 14, 2016

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3051	Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016	Related bill	Jun 13, 2016
S 3132	Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016	Related bill	Jul 6, 2016

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Short Titles as Introduced: Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

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 16, 2016Introduced in House

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