Border-Crossing and Re-entry for K9s Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9350 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9350

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 13, 2024

 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 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.

    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 ``Border-Crossing and Re-entry for K9s 
Act''.

SEC. 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.
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