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H.R. 4160 119th Congress House

Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program to hire transitioning servicemembers to be Border Patrol agents.

Introduced: June 26, 2025 Introduced by: Mike Carey Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Border security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archives
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Law enforcement officersVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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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
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.
Jun 26, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Edwards, Chuck
North Carolina · Oct 31, 2025
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Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Aug 5, 2025
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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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[H.R. 4160: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4160/)
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