; Whereas since September 11, 2001, the 341st Training Squadron of the Air Force has trained approximately 500 military working dogs annually, including 274 explosive detection dogs for the Transportation Security Administration, and, according to the Secretary of the Air Force, there are an estimated 2,000 military working dogs deployed worldwide to support the Global War on Terror, helping to safeguard military bases and activities, and to detect bombs and explosives before they inflict harm; Whereas canines are used today to maintain peace and protection with numerous law enforcement, fire, and search and rescue agencies around the country, and are trained to patrol, apprehend fleeing criminals, and detect narcotics, explosives, weapons, and accelerants, in cases of arson, and used in crime scene evidence detection; Whereas, according to the United States Police Canine Association, it is estimated that there are approximately 15,000 police canines working today, not including military working dogs, on the Federal, State, county, and local levels of government, in various service and working capacities; Whereas, according to Search and Rescue Dogs of the United States (hereinafter SARDUS ), there are approximately 2,000 certified search and rescue teams across the United States, most of them volunteers who work on the local level for police and sheriff’s departments, and include wilderness area search dogs, trailing dogs, human remains detection dogs, water search dogs, and avalanche dog teams; Whereas the Federal Emergency Management Agency also works with SARDUS and State and local organizations as needed, including 28 national urban search and rescue teams, 369 urban search and rescue dogs with capabilities in live find and human remains detection in a disaster environment, and 66 nationally certified State disaster K–9 search teams which respond to in-State requests to disasters or imminent threats, including extreme weather and building collapses