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HR 8759 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

Bureaucrats to the Border Act

Introduced: August 30, 2022 Introduced by: Moore, Barry Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Aug 31, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Aug 30, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 30, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bureaucrats to the Border Act

This bill renames the DHS Volunteer Force of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security as the DHS Mission Support Force. It also requires new employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve in a 30-day detail with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist with immigration proceedings at the southern border; the bill applies to new IRS employees who are hired as a result of recent funding increases for IRS enforcement activities.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
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Ellzey, Jake
Texas · Aug 30, 2022
Hice, Jody
· Aug 30, 2022
Mullin, Markwayne
· Aug 30, 2022
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Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Aug 30, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8759: Bureaucrats to the Border Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8759/
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"H.R. 8759: Bureaucrats to the Border Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8759/.
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H.R. 8759, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8759/.
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