CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act

CBP canine home kenneling pilot

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 by handlers would be voluntary. Before starting, the Office would issue written guidance after consulting specified DHS offices and the National Treasury Employees Union, and would provide training so handlers assume full responsibility for daily care (feeding, exercise, medical needs) and get best practices for bringing a working dog into a residence. The pilot would run at least two years and could end no more than three years after it starts. CBP would brief Congress within one year after enactment and would submit a report within 180 days after the pilot ends with team counts, locations, a cost‑benefit and job performance and health/wellbeing comparison to centralized kenneling, and recommendations.