1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Behavioral standards The term behavioral standards means standards for the evaluation of explosives detection working canines for certain factors, including canine temperament, work drive, suitability for training, environmental factors used in evaluations, and canine familiarity with natural or man-made surfaces or working conditions relevant to the canine’s expected work area. (2) Medical standards The term medical standards means standards for the evaluation of explosives detection working canines for certain factors, including canine health, management of heredity health conditions, breeding practices, genetics, pedigree, and long-term health tracking. (3) Technical standards The term technical standards means standards for the evaluation of explosives detection working canines for certain factors, including canine search techniques, handler-canine communication, detection testing conditions and logistics, and learned explosive odor libraries. 3. Domestic capacity development (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, shall establish a working group to determine ways to develop a decentralized domestic canine breeding network to produce high quality explosives detection canines and modernize canine training standards. (b) Working group composition The working group established under subsection (a) shall be comprised of representatives from the following: (1) The Transportation Security Administration. (2) The Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security. (3) National domestic canine associations with expertise in breeding and pedigree. (4) Universities with expertise related to explosives detection canines and canine breeding. (5) Domestic canine breeders and vendors. (c) Preliminary