PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2021 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
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 5, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 implements a program and a policy related to service dog therapy for veterans. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a five-year 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.
The bill also authorizes the VA to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses, regardless of whether they have a mobility impairment.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 5, 2021 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 5, 2021 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Mar 5, 2021 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Jun 17, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2021Hearings Jun 23, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2021Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
- Mar 5, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2021Read twice and referred to the 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-231 | HEARING ON PENDING LEGISLATION173 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 23, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1448 | PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act | Related bill | Aug 25, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health programs administration and funding
- Mammals
- Mental health
- Neurological disorders
- Service animals
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
