Border-Crossing and Re-entry for K9s Act

Bill: 118-hr-9350
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2024-08-13
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2024-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9350 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 13, 2024 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to revise part 71 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, to allow for the import of certain dogs without rabies vaccination documentation or an import form, and for other purposes.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Border-Crossing and Re-entry for K9s Act . 2. Importation of Live Dogs (a) In General Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall revise part 71 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, so that an importer shall be allowed to import a dog into the United States, through any port of entry, without rabies vaccination documentation or a CDC dog import form (as defined in part 71.51(a) of such title 42) if— (1) the dog has not been in a country at high risk (as defined by the Secretary) for dog-maintained rabies virus variant— (A) in the case that of a dog that is older than 6 months of age, for a period that equals or exceeds 180 days prior to the date on which the importer seeks to import the dog; or (B) in the case of a dog that is not older than 6 months of age, for the period beginning on the date of birth of the dog and ending on the date on which the importer seeks to import such dog; and (2) the importer provides written or verbal confirmation that the dog meets the requirements of subparagraph (A). (b) Importer In this Act, the term importer means any person who transports or causes the transportation of a dog into the United States from a foreign country.