Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

Bill: 119-hr-5260
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2025-09-10
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5260 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act . 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.