[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 173 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.173

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
authorize donation of Federal law enforcement canines that are no longer 
  needed for official purposes to individuals with experience handling 
          canines in the performance of law enforcement duties.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION TO DONATE SURPLUS LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINES TO 
              THEIR HANDLERS.

    Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) The head of a Federal agency having control of a canine that 
has been used by a Federal agency in the performance of law enforcement 
duties and that has been determined by the agency to be no longer 
needed for official purposes may donate the canine to an individual who 
has experience handling canines in the performance of those duties.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.