Sec. 334. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY WORKING DOGS USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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## SEC. 334 ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY WORKING DOGS USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE **[**[10 U.S.C. 2302 note](/us/usc/t10/s2302)**]** ###
(a)Capacity The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Executive Agent for Military Working Dogs (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Executive Agent”), shall— ####
(1)identify the number of military working dogs required to fulfill the various missions of the Department of Defense for which such dogs are used, including force protection, facility and check point security, and explosives and drug detection; ####
(2)take such steps as are practicable to ensure an adequate number of military working dog teams are available to meet and sustain the mission requirements identified in paragraph (1); ####
(3)ensure that the Department’s needs and performance standards with respect to military working dogs are readily available to dog breeders and trainers; and ####
(4)coordinate with other Federal, State, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private sector entities, as appropriate, to increase the training capacity for military working dog teams. ###
(b)Military Working Dog Procurement The Secretary, acting through the Executive Agent, shall work to ensure that military working dogs are procured as efficiently as possible and at the best value to the Government, while maintaining the necessary level of quality and encouraging increased domestic breeding. ###
(c)Annual Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until September 30, 2021, the Secretary, acting through the Executive Agent, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the procurement and retirement of military working dogs for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the report is submitted. Each report under this subsection shall include the following for the fiscal year covered by the report: ####
(1)The number of military working dogs procured, by source, by each military department or Defense Agency. ####
(2)The cost of procuring military working dogs incurred by each military department or Defense Agency. ####
(3)The number of domestically-bred and sourced military working dogs procured by each military department or Defense Agency, including a list of vendors, their location, cost, and the quantity of dogs procured from each vendor. ####
(4)The number of non-domestically-bred military working dogs procured from non-domestic sources by each military department or Defense Agency, including a list of vendors, their location, cost, and the quantity of dogs procured from each vendor. ####
(5)The cost of procuring pre-trained and green dogs for force protection, facility and checkpoint security, and improvised explosive device, other explosives, and drug detection. ####
(6)An analysis of the procurement practices of each military department or Defense Agency that limit market access for domestic canine vendors and breeders. ####
(7)The total cost of procuring domestically-bred military working dogs versus the total cost of procuring dogs from non-domestic sources. ####
(8)The total number of domestically-bred dogs and the number of dogs from foreign sources procured by each military department or Defense Agency and the number and percentage of those dogs that are ultimately deployed for their intended use. ####
(9)An explanation for any significant difference in the cost of procuring military working dogs from different sources. ####
(10)An estimate of the number of military working dogs expected to retire annually and an identification of the primary cause of the retirement of such dogs. ####
(11)An identification of the final disposition of military working dogs no longer in service. ###
(d)Military Working Dog Defined For purposes of this section, the term “military working dog” means a dog used in any official military capacity, as defined by the Secretary of Defense.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY WORKING DOGS USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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