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RIN: 2900-AO39

Publication ID: Fall 2015

Title: Animals on VA Property
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulation regarding the presence of animals on VA property. Current VA regulation authorizes the presence of seeing-eye dogs on VA property and other animals as authorized at the discretion of a VA facility head or designee. However, applicable Federal law authorizes the presence of both seeing-eye dogs and service animals when these animals accompany individuals with disabilities seeking admittance to buildings or property owned or operated by the Federal government. This final rule would expand the current VA regulation to be consistent with applicable Federal law, and would clarify the authority of the Secretary, VA or designee and the VA Under Secretary for Health or designee to allow nonservice animals to be present on VA property.
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 1.218
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 901 40 U.S.C. 3103

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/21/2014	79 FR 69379
NPRM Comment Period End	01/20/2015
Final Rule	08/17/2015	80 FR 49157
Final Action Effective	09/16/2015

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Joyce Edmonson RN, JD Patient Care Services Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone:410 637-4755 Brian McCarthy Patient Care Services (10P4) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone:202 461-6345 Email: brian.mccarthy4@va.gov