VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the average time it took to provide a veteran with a service or guide dog in the prior year and legislative recommendations to reduce such wait time.
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 2021''.

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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VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021
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.
VA Canine Reporting Act of 2021
Rep. Herrell, Yvette