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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 759
To authorize the National Detector Dog Training Center, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH9, 2023
Mr. W
ARNOCK(for himself and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry
A BILL
To authorize the National Detector Dog Training Center,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Beagle Brigade Act 4
of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DETECTOR DOG TRAINING CENTER. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—There is established a National 7
Detector Dog Training Center (referred to in this Act as 8
the ‘‘Center’’). 9
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(b) DUTIES.—The Center shall have the following du-1
ties: 2
(1) Training dogs for the purpose of safe-3
guarding domestic agricultural and natural resources 4
from foreign and invasive pests and diseases. 5
(2) Training human handlers to successfully se-6
lect and train dogs for the purpose described in 7
paragraph (1). 8
(3) Collaborating with relevant Federal agen-9
cies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 10
to safeguard domestic agricultural and natural re-11
sources. 12
(4) Collaborating with external stakeholders, in-13
cluding State departments of agriculture, local and 14
county agricultural officials, private sector entities, 15
and other relevant non-Federal partners. 16
(5) Ensuring the health and welfare of all dogs 17
under the care of the Center, including by ensuring 18
access to necessary veterinary care, adequate shelter, 19
and proper nutrition. 20
(6) Providing opportunities for private adoption 21
of retirement-age trained dogs and dogs that do not 22
complete training. 23
(7) Any other duties necessary to safeguard do-24
mestic agricultural and natural resources from for-25
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eign and invasive pests and diseases, as determined 1
by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 2
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health In-3
spection Service. 4
SEC. 3. REPORT. 5
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 6
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 7
the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-8
tion Service, shall submit to Congress a report that con-9
tains— 10
(1) a description of current and emerging 11
threats to domestic agricultural and natural re-12
sources from foreign pests and diseases within the 13
purview of the operations of the Center; 14
(2) an examination of the role that the Center 15
plays in the protection against foreign pests and dis-16
eases; 17
(3) a description of improvements needed in 18
Federal programs to minimize threats from foreign 19
pests and diseases within the purview of the oper-20
ations of the Center, including strengthened coordi-21
nation among the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-22
tion Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 23
and other relevant Federal agencies; 24
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(4) recommendations to strengthen the capabili-1
ties of the Center in protecting against foreign pests 2
and diseases; and 3
(5) recommendations to improve— 4
(A) the dog procurement procedures of the 5
Center; and 6
(B) private adoption opportunities for re-7
tirement-age trained dogs and dogs that do not 8
complete training. 9
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