118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION S. 759
AN ACT
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 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Beagle Brigade Act 2
of 2023’’. 3
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DETECTOR DOG TRAINING CENTER. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—There is established a National 5
Detector Dog Training Center (referred to in this Act as 6
the ‘‘Center’’). 7
(b) D
UTIES.—The Center shall have the following du-8
ties: 9
(1) Training dogs for the purpose of safe-10
guarding domestic agricultural and natural resources 11
from foreign and invasive pests and diseases. 12
(2) Training human handlers to successfully se-13
lect and train dogs for the purpose described in 14
paragraph (1). 15
(3) Collaborating with relevant Federal agen-16
cies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 17
to safeguard domestic agricultural and natural re-18
sources. 19
(4) Collaborating with external stakeholders, in-20
cluding State departments of agriculture, local and 21
county agricultural officials, private sector entities, 22
and other relevant non-Federal partners. 23
(5) Ensuring the health and welfare of all dogs 24
under the care of the Center, including by ensuring 25 3
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access to necessary veterinary care, adequate shelter, 1
and proper nutrition. 2
(6) Providing opportunities for private adoption 3
of retirement-age trained dogs and dogs that do not 4
complete training. 5
(7) Any other duties necessary to safeguard do-6
mestic agricultural and natural resources from for-7
eign and invasive pests and diseases, as determined 8
by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 9
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health In-10
spection Service. 11
SEC. 3. REPORT. 12
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 13
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 14
the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-15
tion Service, shall submit to Congress a report that con-16
tains— 17
(1) a description of current and emerging 18
threats to domestic agricultural and natural re-19
sources from foreign pests and diseases within the 20
purview of the operations of the Center; 21
(2) an examination of the role that the Center 22
plays in the protection against foreign pests and dis-23
eases; 24 4
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(3) a description of improvements needed in 1
Federal programs to minimize threats from foreign 2
pests and diseases within the purview of the oper-3
ations of the Center, including strengthened coordi-4
nation among the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-5
tion Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 6
and other relevant Federal agencies; 7
(4) recommendations to strengthen the capabili-8
ties of the Center in protecting against foreign pests 9
and diseases; and 10
(5) recommendations to improve— 11
(A) the dog procurement procedures of the 12
Center; and 13
(B) private adoption opportunities for re-14
tirement-age trained dogs and dogs that do not 15
complete training. 16
Passed the Senate November 21, 2024.
Attest:
Secretary. 118
TH
CONGRESS
2
D
S
ESSION
S. 759
AN ACT
To authorize the National Detector Dog Training
Center, and for other purposes.