S. 4079 · 119th Congress

PEARL Act

Introduced on Mar 12, 2026 by Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). 5 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 14, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Mar 12, 2026
Cosponsors
5
3 from the other party
Policy area
Immigration
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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.

Subjects

  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Mental health
  • Service animals

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Mar 12, 2026). Public domain.

Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act or the PEARL Act

This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs for CBP’s Support Canine Program. Support dogs are used for grief assistance, trauma mitigation, and morale.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Ruben GallegoD-AZSponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 12, 2026Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 12, 2026 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  3. Aug 6, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
  4. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment. Without written report.
  5. Sep 14, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment. Without written report.
  6. Sep 14, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2 reports
    $650K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.