CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 188, December 18, 2024, Page H7361):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Customs and Border Protection Office's of Field Operations to establish a pilot program to assess whether a canine home kenneling program would benefit both handlers and canines.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  370 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10499, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31f7ddd6ab9c3c094f6cf27f0f62d3b70b16c6443668a1376580569d86bf3f45

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10499, last updated August 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.