Veterans Border Patrol Training Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 18, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican
IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 59 words.
Veterans Border Patrol Training Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collaborate with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a five-year interdepartmental pilot program, under which DHS must use the DOD SkillBridge Program to train and hire transitioning servicemembers as border patrol agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 551 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 387 words
- Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archivesLaw enforcement officersVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Latest action
- Feb 18, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 4160 Veterans Border Patrol Training Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]