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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7787 
To allow Federal personnel stationed abroad to return to the United States 
with dogs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2022 
Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. 
CARSON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 
SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To allow Federal personnel stationed abroad to return to 
the United States with dogs, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Helping Employees 
Navigate Rabies Regulations from over Yonder’’ or the 
‘‘HENRY Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL ENTERING 
THE UNITED STATES WITH DOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall ensure that the re-
quirements of the Centers relating to the importation of 
dogs are not overly burdensome with respect to— 
(1) an officer or employee of the United States 
Government (including a member of the uniformed 
services) stationed or assigned, including for tem-
porary duty, outside of the United States or its ter-
ritories or possessions; or 
(2) any dependent of such an officer or em-
ployee. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TEMPORARY SUSPENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The temporary suspension 
on the importation of dogs announced in the notice 
titled ‘‘Temporary Suspension of Dogs Entering the 
United States From High-Risk Rabies Countries’’ 
published by the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention on June 16, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 32041 
et seq.) (and any successor or substantially similar 
restriction of the Centers), shall not apply with re-
spect to the importation of up to three dogs per 
entry into the United States by persons described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a). 
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(2) WAIVER.—At the request of a person de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention may waive the limitation of three dogs speci-
fied in paragraph (1) so as to allow the importation 
by such person of up to a number of dogs per entry 
specified in such waiver. 
(c) APPLICABILITY TO TRAVEL IN PERSONAL CAPAC-
ITY.—This section shall apply with respect to an officer, 
employee, or dependent regardless of whether the officer, 
employee, or dependent is traveling in an official or per-
sonal capacity. 
(d) INTERIM REGULATIONS.—Section 71.51 of title 
42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day 
before June 16, 2021) (other than section 71.51(e)) is 
deemed to apply with respect to the importation of dogs 
by persons described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
(a), until and unless the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention establishes different require-
ments consistent with subsection (a). 
(e) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall re-
vise the temporary suspension on the importation of dogs 
announced in the notice titled ‘‘Temporary Suspension of 
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Dogs Entering the United States From High-Risk Rabies 
Countries’’ published by the Centers on June 16, 2021 
(86 Fed. Reg. 32041 et seq.), and take such other steps 
as may be necessary, to implement this subsection. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—Irrespective of the date by 
which the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention makes the revisions and takes the steps re-
quired by subsection (d), this section applies to the impor-
tation of dogs beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. FLY AMERICA ACT EXCEPTION. 
Section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION OF DOMESTIC ANI-
MALS.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (a) and (c), an appropriation to any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may be used to pay for the 
transportation of an officer, employee, or member of 
the uniformed services of any such department, 
agency, or instrumentality, a dependent of the offi-
cer, employee, or member, and in-cabin or accom-
panying checked baggage, by a foreign air carrier 
when— 
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‘‘(A)(i) the transportation is from a place 
outside the United States to a place in the 
United States; 
‘‘(ii) the transportation is from a place in 
the United States to a place outside the United 
States; or 
‘‘(iii) the transportation is from a place 
outside the United States to another place out-
side the United States; and 
‘‘(B) no air carrier holding a certificate 
under section 41102 is willing and able to 
transport up to three domestic animals accom-
panying such officer, employee, member, or de-
pendent. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An amount paid pursuant 
to paragraph (1) for transportation by a foreign car-
rier may not be greater than the amount that would 
otherwise have been paid had the transportation 
been on an air carrier holding a certificate under 
section 41102 had that carrier been willing and able 
to provide such transportation. If the amount that 
would otherwise have been paid to such an air car-
rier is less than the cost of transportation on the ap-
plicable foreign carrier, the officer, employee, or 
member may pay the difference of such amount. 
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‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘domestic animal’ means a dog or a cat.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS RELATING TO VETERINARY CARE 
OVERSEAS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, is authorized, in order 
to facilitate the importation to the United States, in ac-
cordance with section 2 and the amendment made by sec-
tion 3, of domestic animals by officers and employees of 
the United States Government, and their dependents, 
under the authority of any Chief of Mission from a coun-
try classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention as high risk for dog rabies— 
(1) to enter into contracts with individuals who 
are licensed in the United States for the provision 
of personal services (as described in section 104 of 
part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations and 
including pursuant to section 904 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084)) to provide 
veterinary care overseas for domestic animals of 
such officers, employees, and dependents, except 
that— 
(A) such individuals may not be deemed 
officers or employees of the United States for 
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the purpose of any law administered by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management; and 
(B) such individuals shall be expected to be 
available to travel to any overseas post as nec-
essary to provide veterinary care and shall not 
be hired for or detailed exclusively to any spe-
cific overseas post; and 
(2) to take such steps as may be necessary to 
provide medical services or related support with re-
spect to the domestic animals of such officers, em-
ployees, and dependents, including in particular the 
purchase, procurement, delivery, and administration 
of rabies vaccines licensed by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, on a reimbursable basis to the extent fea-
sible, except that such reimbursement may not ex-
ceed the amount that would be charged for equiva-
lent veterinarian services if received in the United 
States. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING MECHANISMS.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the Secretary of State shall use 
existing mechanisms, including for the purchase, procure-
ment, delivery, and administration of COVID–19 vaccines 
to officers and employees of the United States Govern-
ment and their dependents under the authority of any 
Chief of Mission abroad, to carry out the authorities pro-
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vided by subsection (a), especially with respect to the pur-
chase, procurement, delivery, and administration of rabies 
vaccines licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘domestic 
animal’’ means a dog or a cat. 
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