Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act has not moved since its introduction on Sep 10, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedSep 10, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 86 words.
Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act This bill provides FY2026 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 FY2026. 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 FY2026.
Context
- Committees
- House Appropriations Committee
- Policy area
- Immigration: 20 of 2,400 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 61 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 113 words
- Latest action
- Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]