,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cacg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjai,mr4  
,mc,govern 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1
 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4      
,norton1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4
 ,frankel1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4   
,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,price  
of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 
,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4      
,quigley1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4         
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1    
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of    
,california1 and ,mr4 ,michael ,f4      
,doyle of ,pennsylvania7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to establish a grant program to
 encourage the use of assistance dogs by
 certain members of the ,armed ,forces4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited

 as the ,wounded ,warrior ,service ,dog 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,wounded ,warrior   
,k-#i ,corps  7a7 ,grants authorized    
,subject to the availability of         
appropriations provided for such        
purpose1 the ,secretary of ,defense     
shall establish a program1 to be known  
as the ,k-#i ,service ,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  
members4  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 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 considers appropriate4  7#c7 
,timing of award ,the ,secretary 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      
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 at such time1 in such
 manner1 and containing such information
 as the ,secretary 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 
members2  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 members2  7,d7 the plan for 
publicizing the availability of such    
dogs through a targeted marketing       
campaign to covered members2  7,e7 the  
recognized expertise of the organization
 in breeding and training such dogs2    
7,f7 the commitment of the organization 
to humane standards for animals2 and    
7,g7 the experience of the organization 
with working with military medical      
treatment facilities2 and  7#c7 a       
statement certifying that the           
organization--  7,a7 is accredited by   
,assistance ,dogs ,international1 the   
,international ,guide ,dog ,federation1 
or another similar widely recognized    
accreditation organization that the     
,secretaries determine has accreditation
 standards that meet or exceed the      
standards of ,assistance ,dogs          
,international and the ,international   
,guide ,dog ,federation2 or  7,b7 is a  

candidate for such accreditation or     
otherwise meets or exceeds such         
standards1 as determined by the         
,secretary4  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 member ,the term covered
 member means a member of the ,armed    
,forces who is-- 7,a7 receiving medical 
treatment1 recuperation1 or therapy     
under chapter #ee of title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code2  7,b7 in medical hold or 
medical holdover status2 or  7,c7       

covered under section #abjb or #abje of 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7f7  
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this ,act #aa1jjj1jjj for each
 of fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd4