H.R. 9327: PEARL Act

119th Congress · introduced 2026-06-18 · Immigration · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Official title

PEARL Act

Plain 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.

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PEARL Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 9327, PEARL Act (2026-07-14)

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J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Donald G. Davis (D-NC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr9327.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr9327 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills