HR 3965
PEARL Act
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Reported
- Sponsor
- Rep. Tony Gonzales [R-TX-23]
- Cosponsors
- 12
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Introduced
- 2025-06-12
- Latest action
- 2025-11-20: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee referrals
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-11-20
- Homeland Security Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-09-30
- Homeland Security Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-06-25
- Homeland Security Committee: House · Discharged from · 2025-06-25
- Homeland Security Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-06-12
Recent actions
- 2025-11-20: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-11-19: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-11-19: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4786)
- 2025-11-19: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4786)
- 2025-11-19: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3965.