# 119-s-1441: SAVES Act of 2025

119-s-1441, SAVES Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1441
- Congress: 119
- Title: SAVES Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 29
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-23

## Summary

**Grants to fund service dogs for eligible veterans.** This bill would create a VA pilot program that pays nonprofit groups to train and give service dogs and related support to veterans with qualifying disabilities. - Families and veterans: Eligible veterans could receive a service dog at no cost and VA-paid commercial veterinary insurance for the dog. Eligibility lists blindness, mobility loss, hearing loss, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, or other VA-approved disabilities. - Nonprofit providers: Nonprofits may apply for grants up to $2.0 million per fiscal year to plan, develop, implement, and manage programs, and must show experience training service dogs and meet humane and Americans with Disabilities Act standards. - VA operations and oversight: VA would run the pilot for five years after the first award, provide technical help, set reporting and monitoring rules, cap administrative costs if needed, and may raise grant amounts for inflation with congressional notice. - Budget and funding: The bill authorizes $10.0 million per year for five years to carry out the pilot. *This bill would increase federal spending by about $50.0 million over five years from the authorized appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (29)

- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Service dogs and dog insurance for veterans: benefit, high. If enacted, VA would set up a competitive pilot to fund nonprofits that give service dogs to eligible veterans. VA must start the pilot within 24 months and it would run five years after the first grant is awarded. Grants would generally be capped at $2,000,000 per nonprofit per year, paid in inter…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1441 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1441)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1441 (as of 2026-07-23).