,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ai1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,cramer 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,king1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1   
and ,mr4 ,risch7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to delay the application of a  
certain rule for members of the ,armed  
,forces and diplomats stationed in a    
foreign country and for individuals with
 service animals1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,homeward ,bound    
,act4  #b4 ,delayed application of rule 
for members of the ,armed ,forces1      
diplomats serving in a foreign country1 
and individuals with service animals    
7a7 ,in general ,the rule entitled      
,control of ,communicable ,diseases2    
,foreign ,quarantine3 ,importation of   
,dogs and ,cats published by the        
,department of ,health and ,human       

,services in the ,federal ,register on  
,may #ac1 #bjbd 7#hi ,fed4 ,reg4 #dagbf7
 shall not be applied until the date    
that is #ah months after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act with respect    
to-- 7#a7 any covered individual seeking
 to import a dog from a low-risk country
 for rabies 7as defined by the          
,secretary72 and  7#b7 any individual   
seeking to import a service animal from 
such a country4  7b7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,covered individual  
7,a7 ,in general ,the term covered      
individual means-- 7i7 a member of the  
,armed ,forces who is stationed in a    
foreign country2 and  7ii7 any          
individual serving as personnel at a    
,united ,states diplomatic or consular  
post4  7,b7 ,inclusion of family members
 ,the term covered individual includes a
 family member of an individual         
described in clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of      
subparagraph 7,a7 stationed in the same 
location as the individual4  7#b7       
,service animal ,the term service animal

 has the meaning given such term in     
section #cg4c of title #di1 ,code of    
,federal ,regulations 7or successor     
regulations74  #c4 ,revising rule       
relating to importing dogs ,not later   
than #aj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services1 acting 
through the ,director of the ,centers   
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention1  
shall revise part #ga of title #db1     
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 to allow
 an individual to import into the       
,united ,states1 at any port of entry1  
from a low-risk country for rabies 7as  
defined by the ,secretary7-- 7#a7 a dog 
of any age2 or  7#b7 a dog born before  
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
that is not microchipped4  #d4 ,rule of 
construction regarding authority of     
,secretary of ,agriculture ,nothing in  
this ,act shall be construed as         
affecting the authority of the          
,secretary of ,agriculture to enforce   
any provision of law over which the     

,secretary of ,agriculture has          
jurisdiction4