H.R. 3965 · Passed House · Immigration

PEARL Act

What it does

• Establish a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters for training as support dogs.
• Deploy trained support dogs within CBP to provide grief assistance, trauma mitigation, and morale support to personnel.
• Require CBP to use local animal shelters as the source for dogs adopted into the support canine program.

Official 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.

Latest action

Nov 20, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs