Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5260 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5260

  Making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. 
  Customs and Border Protection employees working during a Government 
         shutdown in fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2025

 Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Van Orden, 
  Mr. Fry, and Mrs. Hinson) 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 2026, 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 2026, 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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