Homeland Heroes Pay Act

Homeland Heroes Pay Act

This bill provides continuing appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and agents during any lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown).

If a lapse in appropriations occurs, the bill provides continuing appropriations for the salaries and expenses of (1) CBP officers and agents who are performing mission critical functions at U.S. southwest, northern, and maritime border ports of entry, and between such ports of entry; and (2) ICE officers and agents who conduct immigration enforcement and investigations of criminal operations and organizations.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2050 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2050

Making continuing appropriations for the salary and expenses of certain 
   excepted employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. 
      Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2025

 Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Gimenez, Ms. De La Cruz, and 
Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making continuing appropriations for the salary and expenses of certain 
   excepted employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. 
      Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 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 ``Homeland Heroes Pay Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF CBP AND ICE.

    (a) In General.--There are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to pay, 
during the period of any lapse in discretionary appropriations 
occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
salaries and expenses of--
            (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers 
        who are performing mission critical functions at United States 
        Southwest, Northern, and maritime border ports of entry, and 
        between such ports of entry, including preventing terrorists, 
        terrorists weapons, illegal aliens, illicit drugs, and other 
        illegal contraband; and
            (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 
        agents who conduct--
                    (A) immigration enforcement, including detaining 
                and removing aliens (as defined in section 101 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act); and
                    (B) investigations of criminal operations and 
                organizations, including--
                            (i) the illegal trade of contraband such as 
                        goods, weapons, and drugs; and
                            (ii) the smuggling and trafficking of 
                        people.
    (b) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted pursuant to this section shall be available until 
whichever of the following first occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are 
        made available in subsection (a).
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
        continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
        appropriation for such purpose.
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