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HR 3965 · 119th Congress · Immigration

PEARL Act

Introduced June 12, 2025 Latest action November 20, 2025 12 cosponsors

Latest action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Action timeline

Every recorded action on this bill, newest first. Stage badges color-code the legislative path.

Nov 20, 2025
introduced Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Nov 19, 2025
floor Mr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 19, 2025
floor Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4786)
Nov 19, 2025
floor DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3965.
Nov 19, 2025
passed Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4786)

Text versions

Each stage of the bill — official text published by GPO. Click any format to read on congress.gov / govinfo.

Nov 20, 2025 Referred in Senate
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Nov 19, 2025 Engrossed in House
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Sep 30, 2025 Reported in House
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Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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CRS summaries

Plain-English summaries written by the Congressional Research Service — neutral, nonpartisan staff who summarize bills as they advance through stages. The authoritative description of what each version of the bill does.

via Congressional Research Service · published through congress.gov

Changelog

How a bill moves through Congress. Each stage produces a new official text. The diff between them shows what changed at that step.

  1. ih / isIntroduced in House / Senate. First filed version.
  2. rfh / rfsReferred to a committee for review.
  3. rh / rsReported back by the committee to the floor (often with amendments — this is where most language changes happen).
  4. pcs / pchPlaced on Calendar for floor consideration.
  5. eh / esEngrossed. Passed by the originating chamber. Text is now what was actually voted on.
  6. rdh / rdsReceived by the other chamber.
  7. eah / easEngrossed Amendment. The other chamber passed an amended version.
  8. ath / atsAgreed to. Both chambers settled on the same text.
  9. enrEnrolled. Final reconciled text, sent to the President.
  10. plPublic Law. Signed by the President. It's now law.
  11. ppPublic Print. Official printing post-enactment.

Most bills die before eh/es. Going from pcsenr is the full path through both chambers.

Line-level diff between text versions of this bill — what actually changed at each legislative stage.

+15 −12 13 unchanged
--- Referred (Senate)
+++ Engrossed (House)
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 3965 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
+[H.R. 3965 Engrossed in House (EH)]
<DOC>
+
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3965
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-November 20, 2025
-
-Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
-Security and Governmental Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
@@ -46,6 +38,17 @@
Attest:
-KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
+Clerk.
+119th CONGRESS
-Clerk.
+1st Session
+
+H. R. 3965
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
+
+To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to
+adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs,
+and for other purposes.

Cosponsors (12)

Members who signed on to support this bill.