Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a five-year pilot program that awards competitive grants to nonprofits providing service dogs to eligible veterans, with each grant capped at $2,000,000 per fiscal year.

• Requires the VA to establish the pilot program within 24 months of enactment, based on applications describing dog training, veteran training, humane standards, and experience meeting Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
• Caps each grant at $2,000,000 per fiscal year, though the Secretary may raise the cap for inflation or program needs after giving the Veterans' Affairs committees written notice at least 30 days in advance.
• Requires grant recipients to tell each veteran that the VA is paying for the dog and to explain the VA benefits and services available, and bars recipients from charging veterans a fee.
• Requires the VA to provide each veteran who receives a grant-funded service dog with a commercially available veterinary insurance policy, continued regardless of whether the pilot program ends. Authorizes $10,000,000 per fiscal year for five fiscal years.

• Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)

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