Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
PEARL Act
Official title: A bill 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: Sen. Ruben Gallego D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2026
- Committee actionAug 6, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4079.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4079, PEARL Act” on August 26, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 6, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62729
- CBO publication date
- August 26, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4079, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/4079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), David McCormick (R-PA).
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Related bills
- H.R. 3965 (119th) PEARL ActRelated bill
- H.R. 9327 (119th) PEARL ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.