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- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-Arizona-6]
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-Texas-2]
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-South Carolina-1]
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-New York-24]
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-Texas-8]
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-Washington-3]
- Rep. Carter, John R. [R-Texas-31]
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-New Jersey-7]
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-Texas-5]
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-Florida-18]
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-Washington-4]
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-New York-11]
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-Pennsylvania-8]
- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-Texas-23]
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-Mississippi-3]
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-Texas-26]
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-Texas-36]
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-Utah-2]
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-Wisconsin-3]
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-New York-21]
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This bill would make sure certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection workers get paid during a government shutdown in fiscal year 2025. It sets aside money to cover the salaries and work expenses of Border Patrol agents and officers in the Office of Field Operations who are still working when other government funding has stopped. The goal is to keep these frontline border and customs workers paid even if there is a lapse in federal spending authority.
- It applies only to fiscal year 2025.
- It covers Border Patrol agents and Office of Field Operations officers within U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
- It pays those employees who are required to keep working during a shutdown and are excepted from furlough.
- The money would come from the Treasury and would be used for salaries and related expenses during the funding gap.
Official Summaries
Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act of 2025
This bill provides FY2025 appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees who are required to work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) in FY2025.
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to CBP for the salaries and expenses of agents of the U.S. Border Patrol and officers of the Office of Field Operations who are excepted from furlough (i.e., required to work) during a lapse in discretionary appropriations in FY2025.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1916 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1916
Making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S.
Customs and Border Protection employees working during a Government
shutdown in fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Mace, Ms.
Tenney, Mr. Luttrell, Ms. Perez, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Kean, Mr.
Gooden, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Malliotakis,
Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Guest, and Mr. Gill of
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S.
Customs and Border Protection employees working during a Government
shutdown in fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs
Agents Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF SALARIES OF CERTAIN CBP EMPLOYEES WORKING DURING A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
There are appropriated for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to
pay, during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations
during such fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this section, the salaries and expenses of any Agents of the U.S.
Border Patrol and officers of the Office of Field Operations within
U.S. Customs and Border Protection excepted from furlough during such
lapse.
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