HR 4160 119th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Government information and archives Law enforcement officers Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

Introduced: June 26, 2025 Introduced by: Carey, Mike Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 8, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Jun 27, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Jun 26, 2025

Introduced in House

Jun 26, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.

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Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collaborate with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a five-year interdepartmental pilot program, under which DHS must use the DOD SkillBridge Program to train and hire transitioning servicemembers as border patrol agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

What's happening now July 8, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 5

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Homeland Security Committee
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Homeland Security Committee
House of Representatives
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

Cosponsors 3

Edwards, Chuck

North Carolina · Oct 31, 2025

Meuser, Daniel

Pennsylvania · Aug 5, 2025

Panetta, Jimmy

California · Jun 26, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4160: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4160/

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"H.R. 4160: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4160/.

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H.R. 4160, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4160/.

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