Sec. 1927. Explosives detection canine capacity building
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a working group to determine ways to support decentralized, non-Federal domestic canine breeding capacity to produce high quality explosives detection canines and modernize canine training standards. The working group established under subsection
(a)shall be comprised of representatives from the following: The TSA. The Science and Technology Directorate of the Department. National domestic canine associations with expertise in breeding and pedigree. Universities with expertise related to explosives detection canines and canine breeding. Domestic canine breeders and vendors. The Administrator shall approve of 2 individuals from among the representatives of the working group specified in subsection
(b)to serve as the Chairpersons of the working group as follows: One Chairperson shall be from an entity specified in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of that subsection. One Chairperson shall be from an entity specified in paragraph (3), (4), or
(5)of that subsection. Not later than 180 days after the date the working group is established under subsection (a), the working group shall submit to the Administrator— proposed behavioral standards, medical standards, and technical standards for domestic canine breeding and canine training described in that subsection; and recommendations on how the TSA can engage stakeholders to further the development of such domestic non-Federal canine breeding capacity and training. Not later than 180 days after the date the recommendations are submitted under subsection (d), the Administrator shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy for working with non-Federal stakeholders to facilitate expanded the domestic canine breeding capacity described in subsection (a), based on such recommendations. In developing the strategy under subsection (e), the Administrator shall consult with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department, the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Director of the United States Secret Service, and the heads of such other Federal departments or agencies as the Administrator considers appropriate to incorporate, to the extent practicable, mission needs across the Department for an expanded non-Federal domestic explosives detection canine breeding capacity that can be leveraged to help meet the Department’s operational needs. The working group established under subsection
(a)shall terminate on the date that the strategy is submitted under subsection (e), unless the Administrator extends the termination date for the purposes of section 1928. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group established under this Act.