H.R. 9327: Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act

This bill would create a temporary pilot program within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to take dogs from local animal shelters and train them to become support dogs for CBP’s Support Canine Program.

What it would do

• Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the CBP Commissioner, to set up the pilot program within 60 days after the law takes effect.
• Allows CBP to adopt dogs from local animal shelters and train them as support dogs.
• The dogs would be used in CBP’s Support Canine Program.
• The pilot program would last for three years from the date it is created, after which it would end unless further action is taken.

Practical effect

In simple terms, the bill would let CBP start using shelter dogs in a short-term test program to see whether they can be trained and used as support dogs for the agency. It does not describe the dogs’ specific duties beyond being part of the support canine program, and it does not make the program permanent.

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