Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Canine Reporting Act of 2023”.
VA Canine Reporting Act of 2023
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.
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.”