Border-Crossing and Re-entry for K9s Act

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (in this section referred to as the Secretary) shall revise part 71 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, so that an importer shall be allowed to import a dog into the United States, through any port of entry, without rabies vaccination documentation or a CDC dog import form (as defined in part 71.51(a) of such title 42) if—

(1) the dog has not been in a country at high risk (as defined by the Secretary) for dog-maintained rabies virus variant—

(A) in the case that of a dog that is older than 6 months of age, for a period that equals or exceeds 180 days prior to the date on which the importer seeks to import the dog; or

(B) in the case of a dog that is not older than 6 months of age, for the period beginning on the date of birth of the dog and ending on the date on which the importer seeks to import such dog; and

(2) the importer provides written or verbal confirmation that the dog meets the requirements of subparagraph (A).

In this Act, the term importer means any person who transports or causes the transportation of a dog into the United States from a foreign country.