H.R. 4057 — CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act

This section directs the Executive Assistant Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) to establish, not later than one year after enactment, a two-to-three-year pilot program at no fewer than 10 ports of entry—including seaports, airports, and land ports in urban and rural locations—to assess whether canine home kenneling (i.e., housing working canines at handlers’ residences instead of centralized facilities) benefits OFO canine handlers and canines, with voluntary handler participation. Prior to establishment, the Commissioner must (1) issue written guidance for field offices after consulting DHS components using home kenneling, the Office of Health Security, and National Treasury Employees Union representatives; and (2) provide handler training on canine care and home integration best practices. Not later than one year after enactment, the Commissioner must brief the House Committee on Homeland Security and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on the program’s guidance, training, and requirements. Not later than 180 days after program termination, the Commissioner must report to the committees on participating canine teams’ numbers and locations, findings from cost-benefit, job performance, health, and wellbeing analyses comparing home and centralized kenneling, and recommendations on continued OFO use of home kenneling.