Canine Detection Team Improvement Act of 2007

To improve the programs of the Department of Homeland Security relating to trained detection canines, and for other purposes.

1/24/2007--Introduced.
Canine Detection Team Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to:
(1) fully coordinate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) canine training programs;
(2) ensure that DHS is maximizing its use of existing training facilities and resources to train canines throughout the year;
(3) make it a priority to increase the number of domestically bred canines used by DHS to assist its counterterrorism mission;
(4) increase the utilization of domestically bred canines from universities and private and nonprofit sources; and
(5) consult with other federal, state, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private entities that use detection canines, as well as the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to encourage domestic breeding of canines and to consolidate canine procurement across the federal government. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) establish a competitive grant program for domestic breeders of canines;
(2) establish a Homeland Security Canine Detection Accreditation Board; and
(3) prohibit the use of grant funds to acquire a canine detection team that is not certified, except under special circumstances.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
• and 13 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • David Davis
  • Thomas Davis
  • Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
  • Philip English
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Christopher Shays
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
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Committees

• House Homeland Security
• 1 more
  • House Homeland Security
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This bill has no amendments.

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January 24, 2007

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• Jan 29, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
• Introduced on Jan 24, 2007.

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