Summary
Requires Customs and Border Protection to start a three-year test program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters and train them as support animals.
What problem does this solve?
Many dogs in local shelters need homes, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers can benefit from emotional support animals. This bill creates a test program for CBP to adopt shelter dogs and train them to provide comfort and support to its employees.
What does this bill do?
Establishes a support dog pilot program
Requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to create a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters and train them as support animals for the agency.
Sets a three-year duration for the program
Specifies that the pilot program will last for three years from the date it is established.
Who does this affect?
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees
- Local animal shelters
- Shelter dogs
What is the real world impact?
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Provides support for officers and homes for shelter dogs
Creates a program that benefits both CBP employees by providing them with emotional support animals and local shelter dogs by giving them homes and a purpose.
When does this start?
The pilot program must be started within 60 days after the bill becomes law and will run for three years.
Program establishment deadline
The support dog pilot program must be established within 60 days of the bill becoming law.
Program termination
The pilot program will end three years after it is established.