Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

This bill provides FY2024 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 FY2024.

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 FY2024. 

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5694 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5694

  Making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. 
  Customs and Border Protection employees working during a Government 
         shutdown in fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2023

  Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Mace, Mrs. Bice, Mr. 
  Pfluger, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Moylan, Mr. 
Mills, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Cuellar, 
 Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Self, and Mr. 
   Steube) 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 2024, 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''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF SALARIES OF CERTAIN CBP EMPLOYEES WORKING DURING A 
              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    There are appropriated for fiscal year 2024, 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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