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H.R. 2605119th CongressPlaced on the calendarLatest action Sep 26, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The bill funds a five-year VA pilot grant program giving nonprofits up to $2 million each to provide veterans with service dogs.
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The SAVES Act directs the VA to run a five-year pilot program awarding competitive grants, capped at $2 million each, to nonprofits that train and provide service dogs to veterans. Grantees must show training experience, explain their approach, and commit to humane treatment standards. The VA must also provide veterinary insurance for each dog, continuing even after the pilot ends.
The bill affects veterans with qualifying disabilities, including blindness, mobility impairments, hearing loss, PTSD, or traumatic brain injury, as well as nonprofits that train service dogs. It also affects the VA, which would manage grants and oversee nonprofit performance.
The program creates a new formal funding channel between the VA and nonprofit service-dog trainers, adding administrative oversight duties for the agency and eligibility requirements for veterans and organizations.
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Right now: it was placed on the House floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 264.