Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

H.R. 943

BillFederalHouseIn Committee
K-9 Companion Corps Act
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · April 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
March 8, 2011
Cosponsors (23)
19D 4R
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
K-9 Companion Corps Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Companion Corps program for the awarding of grants to nonprofit organizations to assist them in establishing programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. Defines the term "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.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.