HR2605119th CongressWALLET

SAVES Act

Sponsored By: Representative Luttrell

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Summary

Creates a VA pilot grant program to fund nonprofit service-dog providers for eligible veterans. The pilot sets training, humane-treatment, and outreach requirements for providers and ties grant awards to expanding access for veterans with covered conditions.

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  • Veterans: Eligible veterans enrolled in VA care who are prescribed a service dog for covered conditions like PTSD, traumatic brain injury, sensory loss, or mobility impairments can receive grant-funded dogs at no cost and be informed of VA benefits and services.
  • Nonprofit providers: Nonprofits with demonstrated Americans with Disabilities Act training experience can compete for grants up to $2.0 million each and must agree not to charge veterans for grant-funded dogs and to meet training and humane-treatment commitments.
  • VA operations and timing: VA may provide veterinary insurance for grant-funded dogs, offer training and technical assistance, impose oversight and reporting, and the pilot is authorized $10.0 million per year for FY2027–FY2031 and terminates September 30, 2031.

*Authorizes $10.0 million annually for FY2027–FY2031 and caps awards at $2.0 million per entity.*

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

VA pilot to provide service dogs

If enacted, the VA would launch a competitive pilot within 24 months to help eligible veterans get service dogs. The pilot could receive $10 million each year from FY2027–FY2031, with grants up to $2 million per nonprofit. To qualify, veterans would need VA enrollment, a VA prescription, and a covered condition like blindness, mobility loss, hearing loss, PTSD, or TBI (the VA could add others). Nonprofits would need proven service-dog training experience, ADA-compliant practices, training for dogs and veterans, humane standards, and they could not charge veterans for grant-funded dogs. The pilot would end September 30, 2031, and the VA would oversee grantees and set conditions on fund use.

Vet insurance for veterans' service dogs

If enacted, veterans who get a service dog through the pilot could receive a commercial veterinary insurance policy for that dog. The VA could keep the policy active even after the pilot ends. The VA could stop the policy only if it is in the best interest of the veteran, the dog, or the government.

Pension timing rule extended to 2033

This would move a date in a VA pension timing rule from November 30, 2031, to February 28, 2033. That would keep the current timing limit in place longer. It would apply only to veterans covered by that specific pension provision.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luttrell

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • McGarvey

    KY • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Ciscomani

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Buchanan

    FL • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Van Orden

    WI • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Murphy

    NC • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Davis (NC)

    NC • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Tenney

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Hunt

    TX • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Valadao

    CA • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Crow

    CO • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]

    AS • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Rutherford

    FL • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Kiggans (VA)

    VA • R

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  • Deluzio

    PA • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Mace

    SC • R

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  • Miller-Meeks

    IA • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Cohen

    TN • D

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  • Lawler

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Rulli

    OH • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Stauber

    MN • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Goldman (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Pfluger

    TX • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]

    MP • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • LaLota

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/2/2025

  • Vindman

    VA • D

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  • Barrett

    MI • R

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  • Conaway

    NJ • D

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  • Malliotakis

    NY • R

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  • Miller (OH)

    OH • R

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  • Bynum

    OR • D

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  • Finstad

    MN • R

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  • Yakym

    IN • R

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  • Sykes

    OH • D

    Sponsored 6/10/2025

  • Morrison

    MN • D

    Sponsored 7/2/2025

  • Goodlander

    NH • D

    Sponsored 7/15/2025

  • Schmidt

    KS • R

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  • Casten

    IL • D

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  • Kennedy (NY)

    NY • D

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  • Wied

    WI • R

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  • Smith (WA)

    WA • D

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  • Lee (NV)

    NV • D

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  • Mannion

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Neguse

    CO • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • DelBene

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/15/2025

  • Crane

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 8/15/2025

  • Haridopolos

    FL • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Larsen (WA)

    WA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Budzinski

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/4/2025

  • Thompson (CA)

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/8/2025

  • Gray

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Reschenthaler

    PA • R

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Salazar

    FL • R

    Sponsored 9/10/2025

  • Crenshaw

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Bice

    OK • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Bell

    MO • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Escobar

    TX • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • McGuire

    VA • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Moran

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Weber (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Cuellar

    TX • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Gonzales, Tony

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Strong

    AL • R

    Sponsored 9/17/2025

  • Kelly (MS)

    MS • R

    Sponsored 9/18/2025

  • Gooden

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/18/2025

  • Womack

    AR • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Nehls

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Zinke

    MT • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • McCaul

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Ezell

    MS • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Babin

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Ellzey

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Collins

    GA • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Williams (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Fallon

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Nunn (IA)

    IA • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

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