,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ca1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,king of ,iowa introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require agencies of the
 ,federal ,government to define the term
 service animal in accordance with the  
regulations of the ,department of       
,justice1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,definition of service animal  7a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #cfj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
each agency of the ,federal ,government 
shall-- 7#a7 by rule1 adopt a definition
 for the terms service animal and       
assistance animal1 for purposes of the  
regulations of that agency1 that is     
identical to the term service animal1 as
 defined in the final rule entitled     
,nondiscrimination on the ,basis of     
,disability by ,public ,accommodations  
and in ,commercial ,facilities 7#ge     
,fed4 ,reg4 #efbcf 7,september #ae1     

#bjaj772 and  7#b7 conform any reference
 to service animal and assistance animal
 in the regulations1 policies1 or other 
official documents of that agency to the
 term service animal1 as defined in the 
final rule entitled ,nondiscrimination  
on the ,basis of ,disability by ,public 
,accommodations and in ,commercial      
,facilities 7#ge ,fed4 ,reg4 #efbcf     
7,september #ae1 #bjaj774  7b7          
,applicability ,not later than two years
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 with respect to an individual    
with a service animal or assistance     
animal on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act that does not meet the        
definition of the term service animal as
 defined in the final rule entitled     
,nondiscrimination on the ,basis of     
,disability by ,public ,accommodations  
and in ,commercial ,facilities 7#ge     
,fed4 ,reg4 #efbcf 7,september #ae1     
#bjaj771 each agency of the ,federal    
,government shall apply subsection 7a7  
in a way that limits the negative impact

 to such individual4