S. 2414 · 118th Congress · enacted
Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
Became Public Law No: 118-195.
Latest official action 2024-12-23 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023 This act requires federal agencies with working dog programs, and contractors managing such programs, to implement the recommendations of a Government Accountability Office report titled Working Dogs: Federal Agencies Need to Better Address Health and Welfare and published in October 2022. Further, the Department of State must take steps to ensure that donations of working dogs provided to foreign partners by the State Department are executed and monitored according to those recommendations.
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-23
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Politicians behind the bill
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