S 4079 119th Congress
PEARL Act
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
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.
Actions
2026-03-12T00:00:00
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2026-03-12T00:00:00
Introduced in Senate
Policy Areas
Immigration
![Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]](https://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/G/G000574.jpg)