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H.R. 2625: Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

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H.R. 2625: Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-24 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-24 · 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 2017

Plain summary

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017 This bill directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Service 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. An "assistance dog" is defined 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.

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Official text

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · 63 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Dwight Evans (D-PA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mark Takano (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), John B. Larson (D-CT), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) and 3 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-cong115-hr2625 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115