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HR 5146 100th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Animals and Animal Protection Disabled Federal aid to handicapped services Paraplegia Pets Primates Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation

A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a pilot program for the provision of assistive monkeys to quadriplegic veterans.

Introduced: August 3, 1988 See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 3, 1988
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to conduct pilot programs during FY 1989, 1990, and 1991 under which the Administrator provides payments for, and otherwise facilitates the provision of, assistive monkeys to certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and are quadriplegic.

Provides funding for the cost of developing and training such monkeys.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) evaluate the costs, benefits, and effectiveness of such pilot program; and (2) report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees the results of such evaluation and the Administrator's estimate of financial savings (if any) to veterans with such monkeys due to reduced costs for the retaining of attendants for such veterans.

What's happening now August 3, 1988

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1