# 119-hr-4057: CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act

119-hr-4057, CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA); status in_committee (as of 2026-07-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4057
- Congress: 119
- Title: CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

This bill would create a pilot to test **home kenneling for CBP canines**, letting handlers house and care for their assigned working dogs to measure effects on costs, job performance, and animal health and wellbeing. Participation would be voluntary and must include at least 10 ports across seaports, airports, and land ports in urban and rural areas. - Handlers: Would receive training and assume full daily care responsibility for feeding, exercise, and medical needs. Participation in the pilot would be voluntary. - Canine teams: The pilot would collect health and wellbeing and performance data to compare home kenneling with centralized kenneling. - CBP Office of Field Operations: Must issue written guidance, consult other DHS components and the National Treasury Employees Union, and run the pilot for at least 2 years with possible termination within 3 years. - Congressional oversight: The Executive Assistant Commissioner must brief the relevant committees within 1 year and submit a report within 180 days after the pilot ends with cost-benefit, job performance, and health analyses and recommendations.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- CBP canine home kenneling pilot: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations to start a canine home kenneling pilot within one year. The pilot would include at least ten ports and cover canines at seaports, airports, and land ports in both urban and rural areas. Participation…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4057 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4057)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4057 (as of 2026-07-25).