House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
PEARL Act
Official title: To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3965.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3965, PEARL Act” on September 29, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61779
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3965, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-314 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 30, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/314
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3965, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3965, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tony Gonzales.
- H.R. 2259 (119th) National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025
- H.Res. 570 (119th) Commending Petty Officer 3d Class Scott Ruskan for his heroic efforts to rescue victims during the devastating flooding in central Texas.
- H.R. 3392 (119th) STOP Screwworms Act
- H.R. 506 (119th) Security First Act
- H.R. 4254 (119th) Iranian Campaign Medal Act
- H.R. 2323 (119th) Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9327 (119th) PEARL ActRelated bill
- S. 4079 (119th) PEARL ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.