,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjhc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bg1  
#bjba,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself and  
,mr4 ,blumenthal7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to improve  
veterinary care for retired military    
working dogs1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,support ,our ,military ,working
 ,dogs ,act4  #b4 ,department of        
,defense provision of veterinary care   
for retired military working dogs  7a7  
,in general ,section #iid of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by striking   
establish and maintain a system to2     
7,b7 by striking for the veterinary care
 of and inserting veterinary care for2  
and  7,c7 by striking the second        
sentence2  7#b7 in subsection 7b71 by   
inserting that the ,secretary of the    

military department concerned determines
 is suitable for adoption or is before  
adopted2 and  7#c7 in subsection 7c71 by
 striking the system authorized by4  7b7
 ,multi-,year agreements with other     
entities ,such section is further       
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7d7          
,acceptance and use of donated funds    
7#a7 ,the ,secretary of ,defense may    
accept donations of funds1 gifts1 and   
in-kind contributions for the purpose of
 providing long-term care for any       
military working dog adopted under      
section #behc of this title4 ,any amount
 so accepted shall be available without 
further appropriation and without fiscal
 year limitation4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary 
of ,defense may enter into a multi-year 
agreement with a veterans service       
organization or appropriate nonprofit   
entity under which-- 7,a7 the           
organization or entity may solicit and  
accept donations of funds on behalf of  
the ,department of ,defense pursuant to 

paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 the           
organization or entity agrees to        
transfer any funds accepted pursuant to 
such an agreement to the ,department of 
,defense4  7#c7 ,in this subsection1 the
 term veterans service organization     
means an organization recognized by the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs for the
 representation of veterans under       
section #eijb of title #ch4  4  #c4     
,prohibition on charge for adoption of  
military animals ,section #behc7;d7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by striking may and inserting   
shall4  #d4 ,clarification of research  
under ,joint ,trauma ,education and     
,training ,directorate and inclusion of 
military working dogs and veterinary    
care  7a7 ,in general ,subsection 7b7 of
 section #gjh of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjag 7#aj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajga note7 is     
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#g71 by    
striking of members of the ,armed       
,forces and inserting with respect to   

members of the ,armed ,forces and       
military working dogs2 and  7#b7 by     
striking paragraph 7#i7 and inserting   
the following new paragraph3  7#i7 ,to  
inform and advise the conduct of        
research on the leading causes of       
morbidity and mortality of members of   
the ,armed ,forces and military working 
dogs in combat4  4  7b7 ,veterinarians  
in personnel management plan ,subsection
 7d77#a7 of such section is amended--   
7#a7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,f7 
as subparagraph 7,g72 and  7#b7 by      
inserting after subparagraph 7,e7 the   
following new subparagraph3  7,f7       
,veterinary care4  4