SAVES Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 2/24/2026
Actions
- 2026-02-24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
- 2026-02-24Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-113.
- 2026-02-24Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-113.
- 2025-07-30Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2025-05-21Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
- 2025-04-10Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-04-10Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2026-02-24 (25)
Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act of 2025 or the SAVES Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year pilot program to award grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit entities to provide service dogs to veterans who have certain disabilities, conditions, or diagnoses (e.g., a visual impairment).
Under the program, the VA may provide up to $2 million to a nonprofit entity in a fiscal year.
The VA must provide a veterinary insurance policy to veterans who receive a service dog through a grant under the program.
Cosponsors (20)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Subjects
- Disability assistance
- Service animals
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
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