PEARL Act passed the House 160 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJun 12, 2025
ReportedJun 25, 2025
Passed one chamberNov 19, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 55 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Homeland Security Committee
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Immigration: 20 of 2,400 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 72 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 105 words
- Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsBorder security and unlawful immigrationGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLaw enforcement officersMental healthService animals
- Latest action
- Nov 20, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Identical or companion · 2
- 119th H.R. 9327 PEARL Act R · Passed one chamber
- 119th S. 4079 PEARL Act D · Reported
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]