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
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Sep 26, 2019
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Sep 26, 2019
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Sep 26, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Sep 26, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Oct 4, 2019
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Oct 4, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Oct 4, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Oct 4, 2019
R-NE	Don Bacon		Oct 4, 2019
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Oct 4, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Oct 4, 2019
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Oct 4, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Oct 4, 2019
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Oct 8, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Oct 8, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Oct 8, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes		Oct 8, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Oct 8, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Oct 8, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Oct 8, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Oct 8, 2019
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Oct 8, 2019
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Oct 8, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Oct 17, 2019
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Oct 17, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Oct 17, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Oct 17, 2019
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Oct 17, 2019
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Oct 17, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Oct 17, 2019
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Oct 17, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Oct 17, 2019
R-IN	Jim Banks		Oct 17, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Oct 17, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 17, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch		Oct 17, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Oct 17, 2019
R-TX	Ron Wright		Oct 17, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Oct 17, 2019
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Oct 17, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Oct 17, 2019
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Oct 17, 2019
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Oct 17, 2019
R-KY	Andy Barr		Oct 18, 2019
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Oct 18, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Oct 18, 2019
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Oct 18, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Oct 18, 2019
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Oct 18, 2019
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Oct 18, 2019
R-AK	Don Young		Oct 18, 2019
R-GA	Doug Collins		Oct 18, 2019
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Oct 18, 2019
R-NC	George Holding		Oct 18, 2019
R-IN	James R. Baird		Oct 18, 2019
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Oct 18, 2019
R-PA	John Joyce		Oct 18, 2019
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Oct 18, 2019
R-TN	Mark E. Green		Oct 18, 2019
R-IL	Mike Bost		Oct 18, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Oct 18, 2019
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Oct 18, 2019
R-NC	Ted Budd		Oct 18, 2019
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Oct 21, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Oct 21, 2019
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Oct 21, 2019
R-MD	Andy Harris		Oct 21, 2019
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Oct 21, 2019
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Oct 21, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Oct 21, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 21, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Oct 21, 2019
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 21, 2019
R-IN	Greg Pence		Oct 21, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Oct 21, 2019
R-NY	John Katko		Oct 21, 2019
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Oct 21, 2019
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Oct 21, 2019
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Oct 21, 2019
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Oct 21, 2019
R-GA	Tom Graves		Oct 21, 2019
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Oct 21, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd		Oct 21, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Oct 23, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Oct 23, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Oct 23, 2019
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Oct 23, 2019
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Oct 23, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Oct 23, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Oct 23, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Oct 23, 2019
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 23, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Oct 23, 2019
R-AL	Martha Roby		Oct 23, 2019
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Oct 23, 2019
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Oct 23, 2019
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		Oct 23, 2019
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Oct 23, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Oct 23, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Oct 23, 2019
R-AR	Steve Womack		Oct 23, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Oct 23, 2019
R-NY	Tom Reed		Oct 23, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Nov 8, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey		Nov 8, 2019
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Nov 8, 2019
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Nov 8, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Nov 8, 2019
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Nov 8, 2019
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Nov 8, 2019
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Nov 8, 2019
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Nov 8, 2019
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Nov 8, 2019
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Nov 8, 2019
R-TX	John R. Carter		Nov 8, 2019
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Nov 8, 2019
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Nov 8, 2019
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Nov 8, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Nov 8, 2019
R-TX	Van Taylor		Nov 8, 2019
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Nov 8, 2019
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Nov 21, 2019
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Nov 21, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Nov 21, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Nov 21, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Nov 21, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Nov 21, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Nov 21, 2019
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Nov 21, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Nov 21, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Nov 21, 2019
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Nov 21, 2019
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Nov 21, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Nov 21, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind		Nov 21, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Nov 21, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Nov 21, 2019
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Nov 21, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Nov 21, 2019
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Nov 26, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Nov 26, 2019
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Nov 26, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Nov 26, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		Nov 26, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Nov 26, 2019
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Nov 26, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa		Nov 26, 2019
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Nov 26, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Nov 26, 2019
R-TX	Kay Granger		Nov 26, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Nov 26, 2019
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Nov 26, 2019
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Nov 26, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Nov 26, 2019
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Nov 26, 2019
D-MI	Andy Levin		Dec 13, 2019
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Dec 13, 2019
R-TX	Bill Flores		Dec 13, 2019
R-MO	Billy Long		Dec 13, 2019
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Dec 13, 2019
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Dec 13, 2019
R-TN	David Kustoff		Dec 13, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Dec 13, 2019
R-PA	Fred Keller		Dec 13, 2019
R-LA	Garret Graves		Dec 13, 2019
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Dec 13, 2019
R-OR	Greg Walden		Dec 13, 2019
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Dec 13, 2019
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Dec 13, 2019
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Dec 13, 2019
R-KY	James Comer		Dec 13, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Dec 13, 2019
R-IL	John Shimkus		Dec 13, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Dec 13, 2019
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Dec 13, 2019
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		Dec 13, 2019
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Dec 13, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Dec 13, 2019
R-CA	Paul Cook		Dec 13, 2019
R-TX	Pete Olson		Dec 13, 2019
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Dec 13, 2019
R-KS	Ron Estes		Dec 13, 2019
R-FL	Ross Spano		Dec 13, 2019
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Dec 13, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild		Dec 13, 2019
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Dec 13, 2019
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Dec 13, 2019
R-OK	Tom Cole		Dec 13, 2019
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Dec 13, 2019
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Dec 13, 2019
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Dec 13, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		Dec 18, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Dec 18, 2019
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Dec 18, 2019
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Dec 18, 2019
R-NC	David Rouzer		Dec 18, 2019
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Dec 18, 2019
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Dec 18, 2019
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Dec 18, 2019
R-AR	J. French Hill		Dec 18, 2019
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Dec 18, 2019
R-UT	John R. Curtis		Dec 18, 2019
R-TN	John W. Rose		Dec 18, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Dec 18, 2019
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Dec 18, 2019
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Dec 18, 2019
R-CO	Ken Buck		Dec 18, 2019
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Dec 18, 2019
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Dec 18, 2019
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Dec 18, 2019
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Dec 18, 2019
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Dec 18, 2019
R-TX	Roger Williams		Dec 18, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Dec 18, 2019
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jan 7, 2020
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jan 7, 2020
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jan 7, 2020
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jan 7, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jan 7, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Jan 7, 2020
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jan 7, 2020
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jan 7, 2020
R-MT	Greg Gianforte		Jan 7, 2020
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jan 7, 2020
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jan 7, 2020
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jan 7, 2020
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jan 7, 2020
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jan 7, 2020
D-SC	Joe Cunningham		Jan 7, 2020
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jan 7, 2020
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Jan 7, 2020
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jan 7, 2020
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jan 7, 2020
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Jan 7, 2020
R-MS	Michael Guest		Jan 7, 2020
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jan 7, 2020
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jan 7, 2020
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Jan 7, 2020
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jan 7, 2020
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Jan 7, 2020
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		Jan 7, 2020
R-PA	Scott Perry		Jan 7, 2020
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jan 7, 2020
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jan 9, 2020
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jan 9, 2020
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jan 9, 2020
R-VA	Ben Cline		Jan 9, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jan 9, 2020
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jan 9, 2020
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Jan 9, 2020
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jan 9, 2020
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jan 9, 2020
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jan 9, 2020
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jan 9, 2020
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jan 9, 2020
R-FL	Francis Rooney		Jan 9, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jan 9, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jan 9, 2020
D-CO	Jason Crow		Jan 9, 2020
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jan 9, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jan 9, 2020
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jan 9, 2020
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jan 9, 2020
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Jan 9, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jan 9, 2020
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Jan 9, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Jan 9, 2020
R-NC	Mark Walker		Jan 9, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jan 9, 2020
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jan 9, 2020
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jan 9, 2020
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jan 9, 2020
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jan 9, 2020
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Jan 9, 2020
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jan 9, 2020
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Jan 9, 2020
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jan 9, 2020
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jan 9, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jan 10, 2020
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jan 10, 2020
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jan 10, 2020
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Jan 14, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jan 14, 2020
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Jan 14, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jan 14, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jan 14, 2020
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jan 14, 2020
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Jan 14, 2020
D-UT	Ben McAdams		Jan 21, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jan 21, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jan 21, 2020
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jan 21, 2020
R-NC	Dan Bishop		Jan 21, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jan 21, 2020
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jan 21, 2020
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jan 24, 2020
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Jan 27, 2020
D-IL	Sean Casten		Jan 30, 2020
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jan 30, 2020
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Jan 30, 2020
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Feb 3, 2020
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Feb 3, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Feb 3, 2020
D-NV	Susie Lee		Feb 3, 2020
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Feb 4, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Feb 4, 2020
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Feb 5, 2020

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)

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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
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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