HR 4305 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

Introduced Sep 12, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Steve Stivers R-OH

Latest action · Feb 10, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the 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.

IntroducedSep 12, 2019
Passed HouseFeb 5, 2020
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act or the PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder through a method where veterans train service dogs for veterans with disabilities.

Cosponsors 324

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2019 to Feb 5, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Chip Roy	Original	Sep 12, 2019
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Sep 12, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin	Original	Sep 12, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	Original	Sep 12, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Sep 12, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Sep 12, 2019
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Sep 12, 2019
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Sep 12, 2019
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Sep 12, 2019
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Sep 26, 2019
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Sep 26, 2019
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Sep 26, 2019
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Sep 26, 2019
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Sep 26, 2019
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Sep 26, 2019

Show all 324 cosponsors

Committees 2

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 Sep 12, 2019
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Sep 20, 2019
Senate	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Feb 10, 2020

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 10, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 5, 2020Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Feb 5, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H777-780)
Feb 5, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4305.
Feb 5, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H777)
Feb 5, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 9, 2020Motion to place bill on Consensus Calendar filed by Mr. Stivers.
Sep 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
Sep 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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
House	Debate and remarks H768, H776, H777–H780Text printed H777	David P. Roe R-TN, Elissa Slotkin D-MI, Joe Cunningham D-SC, John W. Rose R-TN, Mark Takano D-CA, Michael Waltz R-FL, Mikie Sherrill D-NJ, Roger Marshall R-KS, Steve Stivers R-OH	Feb 5, 2020

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jan 22, 2020H.R. 4305, Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy ActAs introduced in the House of Representatives on September 12, 2019

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 The Congress shall have Power to provide and maintain a Navy. Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years. Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 146, September 12, 2019, page H7706.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46485	The House Consensus Calendar: Establishment, Principal Features, and Practice in the 116th Congress (2019-2020)	Report	Feb 16, 2021

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2948	K9s for Veterans Therapy Act	Related bill	Nov 21, 2019

Titles 7

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 on dog training therapy.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act; PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act; Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act; PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 10, 2020Referred in Senate
Feb 5, 2020Engrossed in House
Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House

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