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Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Tony Gonzales

Republican · TX · Representative

Votes with party: 99.1% (427 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/G000594

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (12)

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

Latest Action

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2025-11-20

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-11-20
House Committee on Homeland SecurityReported By · 2025-09-30

Previously

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-11-20
Homeland Security CommitteeReported By · 2025-09-30
Homeland Security CommitteeDischarged from · 2025-06-25
House Committee on Homeland SecurityMarkup By · 2025-06-25
House Committee on Homeland SecurityDischarged from · 2025-06-25

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Immigration

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