Sec. 2. Exemption for Federal personnel entering the United States with dogs

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The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall ensure that the requirements of the Centers relating to the importation of dogs are not overly burdensome with respect to— an officer or employee of the United States Government (including a member of the uniformed services) stationed or assigned, including for temporary duty, outside of the United States or its territories or possessions; or any dependent of such an officer or employee. The temporary suspension on the importation of dogs announced in the notice titled Temporary Suspension of Dogs Entering the United States From High-Risk Rabies Countries published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 16, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 32041 et seq.

) (and any successor or substantially similar restriction of the Centers), shall not apply with respect to the importation of up to three dogs per entry into the United States by persons described in paragraph

(1)or

(2)of subsection (a). At the request of a person described in paragraph

(1)or

(2)of subsection (a), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may waive the limitation of three dogs specified in paragraph

(1)so as to allow the importation by such person of up to a number of dogs per entry specified in such waiver. This section shall apply with respect to an officer, employee, or dependent regardless of whether the officer, employee, or dependent is traveling in an official or personal capacity. Section 71.51 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before June 16, 2021) (other than section 71.51(e)) is deemed to apply with respect to the importation of dogs by persons described in paragraph

(1)or

(2)of subsection (a), until and unless the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention establishes different requirements consistent with subsection (a). Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall revise the temporary suspension on the importation of dogs announced in the notice titled Temporary Suspension of Dogs Entering the United States From High-Risk Rabies Countries published by the Centers on June 16, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 32041 et seq.), and take such other steps as may be necessary, to implement this subsection. Irrespective of the date by which the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes the revisions and takes the steps required by subsection (d), this section applies to the importation of dogs beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

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Exemption for Federal personnel entering the United States with dogs

Fed. Reg.86 FR 32041

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