Search and Rescue Dog Protection Act

Search and Rescue Dog Protection Act

This bill requires search and rescue dogs to be treated in the same manner as service animals in the event of a federally declared major disaster or emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2623

 To require search and rescue dogs to be treated in the same manner as 
seeing-eye dogs in the event of a federally declared disaster, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2019

   Mr. Taylor (for himself, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Meadows, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Panetta, 
and Mr. Waltz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require search and rescue dogs to be treated in the same manner as 
seeing-eye dogs in the event of a federally declared disaster, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Search and Rescue Dog Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS.

    In the case of any major disaster or emergency declared by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), and with respect to any area 
within a declaration under such Act or while in transit to any such 
area, any search and rescue dog certified pursuant to regulations and 
requirements issued by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall be treated in the same manner as a service 
animal is treated pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 28 
CFR 35.136 and 36.302.
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