dogsOsprey and Chinook, retired sled dogs, hold successful nan Juneau Animal Rescue parking batch for vaccinations. (Claire Stremple/KTOO)

Congresswoman Mary Peltola is co-sponsoring a measure that would make it easier for Alaskans to recreation done Canada pinch their dogs.

The bill, called nan Homeward Bound Act, would assistance galore of nan burdens imposed this summertime by a Centers for Disease Control rule. The norm banned puppies younger than six months and required canine owners to supply more documentation than nan modular rabies vaccination certificate. 

The bill Peltola co-sponsored would let group to bring dogs of immoderate property from Canada and different countries astatine debased consequence for rabies. The measure would besides exempt dogs calved earlier nan authorities is enacted from nan request to person a microchip implanted. And, for subject families and diplomats, it would hold rules that make it harder for them to alert their dogs location from low-risk countries.

The norm went into effect Aug. 1, complicating recreation to nan Lower 48 for Alaska mushers, snowbirds and different drivers who transit Canada pinch dogs. 

Peltola sponsored nan measure pinch North Dakota’s U.S. House member. Sponsors of nan Senate type are besides from states connected nan Canadian border.