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H.R. 2493: Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015

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H.R. 2493: Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015

Plain summary

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015 Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Companion Corps program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. Defines "assistance dog" to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such term does not include a dog specifically trained for comfort or personal defense.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · 99 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 39 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2493 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114