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H.R. 2225: Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

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H.R. 2225: Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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

Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

Plain summary

Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing veterans' post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through the therapeutic medium of training service dogs for veterans with disabilities. The VA shall: seek to enter into contracts with non-government entities that are certified in the training and handling of service dogs and that are located in close proximity to at least three but not more than five VA medical centers, provide such entities access to a training area in a VA facility that would be appropriate for use in educating veterans with mental health conditions in service dog training and handling, administer the program through the Center for Compassionate Innovation of the Veterans Health Administration in collaboration with the Recreation Therapy Service under the direction of a certified recreational therapist, and establish a director of therapeutic service dog training. Veterans may participate in the program in conjunction with the VA's compensated work therapy program.

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Official text

Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · 63 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John R. Carter (R-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), James A. Himes (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and 3 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2225 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115