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                                                        Calendar No. 342
                   119TH CONGRESS               N   E                REPORT
                     2d Session  JSENATE                             119-113





                                       SAVES  ACT   OF 2025


                                 FEBRUARY 24, 2026.-Ordered to be printed


                         Mr. MORAN, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
                                      submitted the following

                                         REPORT

                                         [To accompany S. 14411

                            [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
                    The  Committee  on Veterans' Affairs, to which was referred the
                  bill (S. 1441) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award
                  grants to nonprofit entities to assist such entities in carrying out
                  programs  to provide service dogs to eligible veterans, and for other
                  purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
                  with an amendment   in the nature of a substitute and recommends
                  that the bill, as amended, do pass.
                                           INTRODUCTION
                    On  April 10, 2025, Senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina in-
                  troduced S. 1441, the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans (SAVES) Act
                  of 2025. Senators Richard  Blumenthal  from Connecticut, Elissa
                  Slotkin from Michigan, Angus King from Maine, John Cornyn from
                  Texas, Dick Durbin  from Illinois, Kevin Cramer from North Da-
                  kota, Jacky Rosen  from Nevada, and  Jeanne Shaheen  from New
                  Hampshire   are original cosponsors of the bill. Senators Charles
                  Schumer  from New  York, Ted Budd from North Carolina, Ben Ray
                  Lujan from New  Mexico, Alex Padilla from California, Cory Booker
                  from New  Jersey, Martin Heinrich from New Mexico, Mazie Hirono
                  from Hawaii, Chris Coons from  Delaware, Adam  Schiff from Cali-
                  fornia, Catherine Cortez Masto from Nevada, Tammy Baldwin from
                  Wisconsin,  Maggie   Hassan   from   New   Hampshire,   Angela
                  Alsobrooks from Maryland, Tammy   Duckworth  from Illinois, Shel-
                  ley Capito from West  Virginia, and Jon Husted from Ohio  were
                  later added as cosponsors to the bill. The bill was referred to the
                  Committee  on Veterans' Affairs (hereinafter Committee).


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