S-4079 — PEARL Act | YourVoice.Now

YourVoice.Now Summary

Workers & JobsTransparency & Accountability

Customs and Border Protection would adopt shelter dogs as support dogs for staff — a three-year test, no new money.

Workers & Jobs

Support dogs for Customs and Border Protection staff — three-year pilot

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, and no new money is authorized for it — CBP would pay from its existing budget.

Transparency & Accountability

Built-in end date for the dog program — three years

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. 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. No new money would be set aside for it. CBP would have to pay for the pilot out of the budget it already has.

Congressional Summary

Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act or the PEARL Act This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs for CBP’s Support Canine Program. Support dogs are used for grief assistance, trauma mitigation, and morale.

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: Senate
Status: summarized
Action: Reported to Senate
Action Date: 2026-08-06
Date Added: 2026-04-09
Source: Congress.gov →

Like reading a bill in plain English?

We're building an app that does this for every bill in Congress and lets you tell your reps how you want them to vote. We're a small team getting ready to launch, and we're trying to show investors that real people want this. Be one of them. Help us get it built. Leave your email and we'll tell you the moment the app is ready.