Canine Detection Team Augmentation and Certification Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4958
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Airports
Animal breeding
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Border patrols
Boundaries
Coast guard
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Homeland Security
Directories
Dogs
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Explosives
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Police training
Protection of officials
Secret service
Smuggling
Standards
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Canine Detection Team Augmentation and Certification Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) increase the number of trained canine detection teams of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at specified federal agencies; and (2) notify specified congressional committees if any such agency is unable to achieve the increase required.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) fully coordinate the Department's canine training programs that support its counter-terrorism, counter-smuggling, transportation security, border security, and other missions; (2) ensure that the Department is maximizing its use of existing training facilities and resources to train canines throughout the year; and (3) coordinate the use of detection canines trained by other federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private training facilities to increase the number of trained detection canines available to law enforcement agencies.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) make it a priority to increase the number of domestically bred canines used by the Department to assist its counter-terrorism mission; (2) increase the utilization of domestically bred canines from universities and private and nonprofit sources; and (3) consult with other federal, state, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private entities that use detection canines, as well as the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to encourage domestic breeding of canines and to consolidate canine procurement across the federal government.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for domestic breeders of canines; and (2) establish a Homeland Security Canine Detection Accreditation Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in House