SAVES Act
Sponsored By: Representative Luttrell
In Committee
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
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Deluzio
PA • D
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Mace
SC • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Miller-Meeks
IA • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 4/2/2025
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
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Barrett
MI • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Conaway
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 5/5/2025
Miller (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Bynum
OR • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Yakym
IN • R
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Sykes
OH • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Morrison
MN • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Goodlander
NH • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Schmidt
KS • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Wied
WI • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Lee (NV)
NV • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
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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