# 115-hr-4577: Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017

115-hr-4577, Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4577
- Congress: 115
- Title: Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Introduced: 2017-12-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a working group to determine ways to develop a decentralized domestic canine breeding network to produce high quality explosives detection canines and modernize canine training standards. The working group shall submit to the TSA preliminary behavioral standards, medical standards, and technical standards for such network and training, including recommendations on how the TSA can engage stakeholders to further the development of such network and training. The TSA shall submit a strategy for expanding the network based on such recommendations. The TSA shall issue baseline behavioral standards for explosives detection canines. Such standards, as well as the preliminary medical and technical standards issued pursuant to this bill, shall be incorporated into all statements of work for the TSA explosive detection canine contracts and reflect the detection capabilities required to effectively mitigate terrorist threats.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2017-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4577 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4577)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4577 (as of 2025-11-18).