[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3363 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3363

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit a report annually to Congress on the average 
 time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2023

      Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Cole, Mr. 
   Reschenthaler, Mr. Mast, Mr. Moran, Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Kiggans of 
 Virginia, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Norman, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Smith 
 of New Jersey, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Lawler, Mr. 
 D'Esposito, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. 
    Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit a report annually to Congress on the average 
 time to provide a veteran with a service dog or a guide dog, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Canine Reporting Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON SERVICE DOGS; GUIDE DOGS.

    Section 1714 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Not less than annually, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report, including--
            ``(1) the average time to provide a veteran with a service 
        dog or a guide dog in the prior year; and
            ``(2) legislative recommendations of the Secretary to 
        reduce the wait time for a veteran to be provided with a 
        service dog or a guide dog.''.
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