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,,representatives  ,december #f1        
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,bacon7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
establish a working group to determine  
ways to develop a domestic canine       
breeding network to produce high quality
 explosives detection canines1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,domestic      
,explosives ,detection ,canine ,capacity
 ,building ,act of #bjag4  #b4          
,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7       
,behavioral standards ,the term         
behavioral standards means standards for
 the evaluation of explosives detection 
working canines for certain factors1    
including canine temperament1 work      
drive1 suitability for training1        

environmental factors used in           
evaluations1 and canine familiarity with
 natural or man-made surfaces or working
 conditions relevant to the canine's    
expected work area4  7#b7 ,medical      
standards ,the term medical standards   
means standards for the evaluation of   
explosives detection working canines for
 certain factors1 including canine      
health1 management of heredity health   
conditions1 breeding practices1         
genetics1 pedigree1 and long-term health
 tracking4  7#c7 ,technical standards   
,the term technical standards means     
standards for the evaluation of         
explosives detection working canines for
 certain factors1 including canine      
search techniques1 handler-canine       
communication1 detection testing        
conditions and logistics1 and learned   
explosive odor libraries4  #c4 ,domestic
 capacity development  7a7 ,in general  
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1      

acting through the ,administrator of the
 ,transportation ,security              
,administration1 shall establish a      
working group to determine ways to      
develop a decentralized domestic canine 
breeding network to produce high quality
 explosives detection canines and       
modernize canine training standards4    
7b7 ,working group composition ,the     
working group established under         
subsection 7a7 shall be comprised of    
representatives from the following3     
7#a7 ,the ,transportation ,security     
,administration4  7#b7 ,the ,science and
 ,technology ,directorate of the        
,department of ,homeland ,security4     
7#c7 ,national domestic canine          
associations with expertise in breeding 
and pedigree4  7#d7 ,universities with  
expertise related to explosives         
detection canines and canine breeding4  
7#e7 ,domestic canine breeders and      
vendors4  7c7 ,preliminary standards and
 recommendations ,not later than #ahj   
days after the establishment of the     

working group under subsection 7a71 such
 working group shall submit to the      
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration preliminary   
behavioral standards1 medical standards1
 and technical standards for the        
domestic canine breeding network and    
canine training described in such       
subsection1 including recommendations on
 how the ,transportation ,security      
,administration can engage stakeholders 
to further the development of such      
network and training4  7d7 ,strategy    
,not later than #ahj days after         
submission of recommendations to the    
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration under         
subsection 7c71 the ,administrator shall
 submit to the ,committee on ,homeland  
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate a strategy for expanding
 the domestic canine breeding network   
described in subsection 7a71 based on   

such recommendations4  #d4 ,acquiring   
baseline capacity  7a7 ,in general ,not 
later than #bgj days after the          
submission of recommendations to the    
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration under section 
#c1 the ,administrator shall issue      
baseline behavioral standards for       
explosives detection canines4  7b7      
,standards ,the baseline behavioral     
standards issued pursuant to subsection 
7a71 and the preliminary medical        
standards and technical standards issued
 pursuant to section #c1 shall be       
incorporated into all statements of work
 for the ,transportation ,security      
,administration explosive detection     
canine contracts and reflect the        
detection capabilities required to      
effectively mitigate terrorist threats4 
,such standards may be revised by the   
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration1 as necessary4
  #e4 ,nonapplicability of ,federal     
,advisory ,committee ,act ,the ,federal 

,advisory ,committee ,act 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 
,app47 shall not apply to the working   
group established under this ,act4