YourVoice.Now Summary
Workers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityCustoms and Border Protection would adopt shelter dogs as support dogs for staff — a three-year test, no new money.
Workers & Jobs
Customs and Border Protection would adopt dogs from local animal shelters and train them as support dogs for its own workers. The agency would have 60 days to get the program going, with no new money to pay for it.
Transparency & Accountability
The pilot would shut down three years after it starts. CBP had a support dog program before this bill, so it could keep adopting shelter dogs on its own. It just would not have to.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in daily life. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would start adopting dogs from local animal shelters. The dogs would be trained as support dogs for CBP staff. The House passed this bill on September 16, 2026. CBP would have to start the program within 60 days of the bill becoming law. It would be a test run, not a permanent one. The program would end three years after it starts. The bill allows no new money for it. CBP would have to cover the cost from funds it already has.
Congressional Summary
Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Passed House
- Action Date
- 2026-09-16
- Date Added
- 2026-09-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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