,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,mc,govern 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,hastings of      
,florida1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mrs4           
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,conyers1
 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4      
,moore1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 and ,mr4 ,jones7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
establish a grant program to encourage  
the use of assistance dogs by certain   
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
veterans4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,wounded ,warrior   
,service ,dog ,act of #bjac4  #b4       
,wounded ,warrior ,k-#i ,corps  7a7     

,grants authorized ,subject to the      
availability of appropriations provided 
for such purpose1 the ,secretary of     
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall jointly establish a     
program1 to be known as the ,k-#i       
,companion ,corps ,program1 to award    
competitive grants to nonprofit         
organizations to assist such            
organizations in the planning1          
designing1 establishing1 or operating   
7or any combination thereof7 of programs
 to provide assistance dogs to covered  
members and veterans4  7b7 ,use of funds
  7#a7 ,in general ,the recipient of a  
grant under this section shall use the  
grant to carry out programs that provide
 assistance dogs to covered members and 
veterans who have a disability described
 in paragraph 7#b74  7#b7 ,disability ,a
 disability described in this paragraph 
is any of the following3  7,a7          
,blindness or visual impairment4  7,b7  
,loss of use of a limb1 paralysis1 or   
other significant mobility issues4  7,c7

 ,loss of hearing4  7,d7 ,traumatic     
brain injury4  7,e7 ,post-traumatic     
stress disorder4  7,f7 ,any other       
disability that the ,secretary of       
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs consider appropriate4  7#c7   
,timing of award ,the ,secretaries may  
not award a grant under this section to 
reimburse a recipient for costs         
previously incurred by the recipient in 
carrying out a program to provide       
assistance dogs to covered members and  
veterans unless the recipient elects for
 the award to be such a reimbursement4  
7c7 ,eligibility ,to be eligible to     
receive a grant under this section1 a   
nonprofit organization shall submit an  
application to the ,secretary of        
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs at such time1 in such manner1 
and containing such information as the  
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs may    
require4 ,such application shall        
include--  7#a7 a proposal for the      

evaluation required by subsection 7d72  
and  7#b7 a description of--  7,a7 the  
training that will be provided by the   
organization to covered members and     
veterans2  7,b7 the training of dogs    
that will serve as assistance dogs2     
7,c7 the aftercare services that the    
organization will provide for such dogs 
and covered members and veterans2  7,d7 
the plan for publicizing the            
availability of such dogs through a     
targeted marketing campaign to covered  
members and veterans2  7,e7 the         
recognized expertise of the organization
 in breeding and training such dogs2    
7,f7 the commitment of the organization 
to comparable standards as that of the  
,international ,guide ,dog ,federation  
or ,assistance ,dogs ,international2    
7,g7 the commitment of the organization 
to humane standards for animals2 and    
7,h7 the experience of the organization 
with working with military medical      
treatment facilities or medical         
facilities of the ,department of        

,veterans ,affairs4  7d7 ,evaluation    
,the ,secretary shall require each      
recipient of a grant to use a portion of
 the funds made available through the   
grant to conduct an evaluation of the   
effectiveness of the activities carried 
out through the grant by such recipient4
  7e7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7 
,assistance dog ,the term assistance dog
 means a dog specifically trained to    
perform physical tasks to mitigate the  
effects of a disability described in    
subsection 7b77#b71 except that the term
 does not include a dog specifically    
trained for comfort or personal defense4
  7#b7 ,covered members and veterans    
,the term covered members and veterans  
means--  7,a7 with respect to a member  
of the ,armed ,forces1 such member who  
is--  7i7 receiving medical treatment1  
recuperation1 or therapy under chapter  
#ee of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code2
  7ii7 in medical hold or medical       
holdover status2 or  7iii7 covered under
 section #abjb or #abje of title #aj1   

,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7 with   
respect to a veteran1 a veteran who is  
enrolled in the health care system      
established under section #agje7;a7 of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7f7  
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this ,act #e1jjj1jjj for each 
of fiscal years #bjad through #bjah4