Border agents get shelter dogs to help them, with no new money
H.R. 9327 — Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act · Filed by David Joyce (R-OH) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells U.S. Customs and Border Protection to start a three-year program. The program takes dogs from animal shelters and trains them to help CBP workers. CBP must pay for it using money it already has. After three years, the program stops unless Congress votes to keep it.
Who it affects
Shelter dogs get adopted and trained. CBP workers get support dogs to help them. No new taxpayer money is spent.
One thing to notice
CBP must use money it already has to pay for the dogs. If the program ends after three years, the trained dogs may have no home.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 4 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Jun 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 0”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Van Epps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection — The federal agency that guards the U.S. border and checks people and goods.
- support dogs — Dogs trained to help people with their work or emotional needs.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (792 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-19.
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