H.R. 6353: National Service Animals Memorial Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-01-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-01-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

National Service Animals Memorial Act

Plain summary

National Service Animals Memorial Act This bill authorizes the National Service Animals Monument Corporation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the heroic deeds and sacrifices of service animals and handlers of service animals in the United States. The corporation shall be solely responsible for the acceptance of contributions for, and the payment of the expenses of, the establishment of the commemorative work. The establishment of the commemorative work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act. Federal funds may not be used to pay any expenses for the establishment of the commemorative work.

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Official text

National Service Animals Memorial Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6353, National Service Animals Memorial Act (2022-09-15)

Cosponsors on this site

Nancy Mace (R-SC), Josh Harder (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Levin (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr6353.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6353 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117