US Congress House Bill 3266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-6)
Status: Introduced on July 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the Wounded Warrior K-9 Corps program for the awarding of grants to nonprofits 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.

To establish a grant program to encourage the use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]
Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-24		Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2009-07-20		Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2009-07-20		Referred to House Armed Services
2009-07-20		Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3266/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3266/BILLS-111hr3266ih.pdf