PEARL Act
Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2025 to Jun 17, 2025; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 17, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2025Discharged Jun 25, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2025Reported Sep 30, 2025 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 12, 2025 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Nov 19, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4786)
- Nov 19, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4786)
- Nov 19, 2025Mr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Nov 19, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3965.
- Nov 19, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 30, 2025Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-314.
- Sep 30, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268.
- Jun 25, 2025Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jun 12, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- Jun 12, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4786Text printed H4786 | Daniel S. Goldman D-NY, Michael Guest R-MS, Tony Gonzales R-TX | Nov 19, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 29, 2025H.R. 3965, PEARL ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 101, June 12, 2025, page H2822.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 10
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PEARL Act
- Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- PEARL Act
- Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- PEARL Act
- Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- PEARL Act
- Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Referred in Senate
- Nov 19, 2025Engrossed in House
- Sep 30, 2025Reported in House
- Jun 12, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
