VA Canine Reporting Act of 2023
Latest action · Jun 2, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VA Canine Reporting Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the average time it took to provide a veteran with a service or guide dog in the prior year. The report must also include legislative recommendations to reduce such wait time.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2023 to May 24, 2023; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 23, 2023 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | May 24, 2023 |
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 May 16, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 2, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 16, 2023Introduced in House
- May 16, 2023Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 82, May 16, 2023, page H2377.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report annually to Congress on the average time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VA Canine Reporting Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2023Introduced in House
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.
