I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9077 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements 
relating to the retirement, adoption, and recognition of military working 
dogs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 
Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain 
requirements relating to the retirement, adoption, and 
recognition of military working dogs, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Canine Members of 
the Armed Forces Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) Each of the Armed Forces and other Gov-
ernment agencies, including the Secret Service, the 
Central Intelligence Agency, and the Transportation 
Security Administration, use military working dogs 
in service to the country. 
(2) Since September 11, 2011, military working 
dogs have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and have 
been trained in explosive detection, narcotic detec-
tion, sentry, patrol, tracking, and other specific du-
ties. 
(3) Military working dogs, through their train-
ing, have prevented injuries and saved the lives of 
thousands of United States citizens. 
(4) Military working dogs perform critical and 
varied roles that go far beyond their current des-
ignation as ‘‘equipment’’. 
SEC. 3. RETIREMENT AND ADOPTION OF MILITARY WORK-
ING DOGS. 
(a) RETIREMENT AND RECLASSIFICATION OF MILI-
TARY WORKING DOGS.—Section 2583 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), 
and (i) as subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respec-
tively; and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(f) 
CLASSIFICATION
OF
MILITARY
WORKING 
DOGS.—The Secretary of Defense shall classify military 
working dogs as canine members of the Armed Forces. 
Such dogs shall not be classified as equipment. 
‘‘(g) TRANSFER OF RETIRED MILITARY WORKING 
DOGS.—If the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned determines that a military working dog should be 
retired, and no suitable adoption is available at the mili-
tary facility where the dog is located, the Secretary may 
transfer the dog— 
‘‘(1) to the 341st Training Squadron; or 
‘‘(2) to another location for adoption under this 
section.’’. 
(b) 
ACCEPTANCE
OF
FREQUENT
TRAVELER 
MILES.—Section 2613(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) facilitating the adoption of a military 
working dog under section 2583 of this title.’’. 
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