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117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-468
NATIONAL SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL ACT
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6353]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6353) to authorize the National Service Animals Monu-
ment Corporation to establish a commemorative work in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6353 is to authorize the National Service
Animals Monument Corporation to establish a commemorative
work in the District of Columbia and its environs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 6353 would authorize the National Service Animals Monu-
ment Corporation to establish a commemorative work on federal
land in the District of Columbia and its environs to commemorate
the heroic deeds and sacrifices of service animals and handlers of
service animals in the United States.
This bill would authorize the creation of a memorial in the
Greater Washington, D.C., area under the Commemorative Works
Act to show gratitude for service animals and their handlers and
serve as a place of introspection over their contributions. The me-
morial will be fully paid for by a partnering organization, and no
taxpayer dollars will be used.
H.R. 6353 recognizes that the National Service Animals Monu-
ment Corporation's mission is to honor and recognize the broad
scope of service animals, including working animals, through the
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