HR9327Reported by Committee

PEARL Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-06-18

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

David P. Joyce

Republican · OH · Representative

Votes with party: 94.5% (632 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/J000295

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Cosponsors (7)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 711.

2026-09-10

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Homeland SecurityReported By · 2026-09-10

Previously

House Committee on Homeland SecurityMarkup By · 2026-06-24
House Committee on Homeland SecurityReferred To · 2026-06-18

Plain-English 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.

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Subjects

Immigration

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9327 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9327 To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2026 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Correa, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Malliotakis, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act'' or the ``PEARL Act''. SEC. 2. CBP SUPPORT DOG PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), shall establish in CBP a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs for CBP's Support Canine Program. (b) Duration.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate three years after the date of its establishment. <all>

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