Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

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Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017 This bill directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Service Corps Program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. An "assistance dog" is defined to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such term does not include a dog specifically trained for comfort or personal defense.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 May 2017

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  Introduced in House · EN · 24 May 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 May 2017

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