canine communication, detection testing conditions 
and logistics, and learned explosive odor libraries. 
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, acting through the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration, shall establish a working 
group to determine ways to develop a decentralized domestic 
canine breeding network to produce high quality explosives 
detection canines and modernize canine training standards. 
(b) WORKING GROUP COMPOSITION.—The working 
group established under subsection (a) shall be comprised 
of representatives from the following: 
(1) The Transportation Security Administra-
tion. 
(2) The Science and Technology Directorate of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) National domestic canine associations with 
expertise in breeding and pedigree. 
(4) Universities with expertise related to explo-
sives detection canines and canine breeding. 
(5) Domestic canine breeders and vendors. 
(c) CHAIRPERSONS.—The Administrator for the 
Transportation Security Administration shall approve of 
two individuals from among the representatives of the work-
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ing group specified in subsection (b) to serve as the Chair-
persons of the working group. One such Chairperson shall 
be from the entities specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
such subsection, and the other such Chairperson shall be 
from the entities specified in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) 
of such subsection. 
(d) PRELIMINARY STANDARDS
AND RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the establishment of 
the working group under subsection (a), such working group 
shall submit to the Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration preliminary behavioral standards, 
medical standards, and technical standards for the domestic 
canine breeding network and canine training described in 
such subsection, including recommendations on how the 
Transportation Security Administration can engage stake-
holders to further the development of such network and 
training. 
(e) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after submis-
sion of recommendations to the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration under subsection (c), the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
a strategy for expanding the domestic canine breeding net-
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work described in subsection (a), based on such rec-
ommendations. 
(f) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strategy re-
quired under subsection (e), the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall consult with the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the Commissioner for U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, the Director of the United 
States Secret Service, and the heads of other Department 
of Homeland Security components determined appropriate 
by the Administrator to incorporate, to the extent prac-
ticable, mission needs across the Department for an ex-
panded domestic explosives detection canine breeding net-
work that can be leveraged to help meet the Department’s 
operational needs. 
(g) SUNSET.—The working group established under 
subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is two years 
after the submission of the strategy required under sub-
section (e). 
SEC. 4. ACQUIRING BASELINE CAPACITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
submission of recommendations to the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration under section 3, 
the Administrator shall issue baseline behavioral standards, 
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medical standards, and technical standards for explosives 
detection canines. 
(b) STANDARDS.—The baseline behavioral standards, 
medical standards, and technical standards referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be incorporated, as appropriate, into 
all statements of work for the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration explosives detection canine contracts and re-
flect the detection capabilities required to effectively miti-
gate terrorist threats. Such standards may be revised by 
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration, as necessary. 
SEC. 5. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT. 
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the working group established under this 
Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 362 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4577 
[Report No. 115–488] 
A BILL 
To establish a working group to determine ways to 
develop a domestic canine breeding network to 
produce high quality explosives detection canines, 
and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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