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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4952
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to revise title
49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require an air carrier to permit
eligible service animals to accompany eligible veterans during travel,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Ms. CHENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations
to revise title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require
an air carrier to permit eligible service animals to accom-
pany eligible veterans during travel, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Support
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For Veterans with Service Animals Act’’.
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SEC. 2. RULEMAKING FOR VETERANS TRAVELING WITH
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SERVICE DOGS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation
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shall issue such regulations as are necessary to revise sec-
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tion 382.117 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to
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require an air carrier to permit an eligible service animal
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to accompany an eligible veteran during travel if such vet-
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eran provides—
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(1) the documentation described in subsection
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(e) of such section 382.117 (as in effect on the date
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of enactment of this Act); or
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(2) a valid veterans identification card issued by
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the Department of Veterans Affairs that contains a
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service-connected disability designation.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) ELIGIBLE
VETERAN.—The term ‘‘eligible
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veteran’’ means a veteran with a service-connected
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disability (as such terms are defined in section 101
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of title 38, United States Code).
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(2) ELIGIBLE SERVICE ANIMAL.—The term ‘‘el-
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igible service animal’’ means a dog certified to serve
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as a service animal with credentials from an entity
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approved by the Secretary.
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