H.R. 8119, also known as the “Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act” or the “PEARL Act”, seeks to establish a pilot program within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to adopt dogs from local animal shelters and train them as therapy dogs. The program...
Simple Explanation
The PEARL Act wants to try using shelter dogs to help people feel better at U.S. Customs by training them as special helper dogs, and they plan to spend some money to see if it works well.