HR 5260 119th Congress House Immigration

Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

Introduced: October 3, 2025 Introduced by: De La Cruz, Monica Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Sep 10, 2025

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Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

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.

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.

What's happening now September 10, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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Appropriations Committee
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Cosponsors 32

Gillen, Laura

New York · Oct 28, 2025

Onder, Robert F.

Missouri · Oct 17, 2025

Shreve, Jefferson

Indiana · Oct 17, 2025

Stauber, Pete

Minnesota · Oct 17, 2025

Biggs, Sheri

South Carolina · Oct 3, 2025

Kentucky · Oct 3, 2025

Lawler, Michael

New York · Oct 3, 2025

Indiana · Oct 3, 2025

Ciscomani, Juan

Arizona · Sep 30, 2025

Feenstra, Randy

Iowa · Sep 30, 2025

Fine, Randy

Florida · Sep 30, 2025

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2025

Gonzales, Tony

Texas · Sep 30, 2025

Horsford, Steven

Nevada · Sep 30, 2025

Mace, Nancy

South Carolina · Sep 30, 2025

Mackenzie, Ryan

Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2025

Van Drew, Jefferson

New Jersey · Sep 30, 2025

Bresnahan, Robert P.

Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2025

LaLota, Nick

New York · Sep 26, 2025

Luna, Anna Paulina

Florida · Sep 26, 2025

Harshbarger, Diana

Tennessee · Sep 16, 2025

Hunt, Wesley

Texas · Sep 15, 2025

Fry, Russell

South Carolina · Sep 10, 2025

Hinson, Ashley

Iowa · Sep 10, 2025

Patronis, Jimmy

Florida · Sep 10, 2025

Tenney, Claudia

New York · Sep 10, 2025

Van Orden, Derrick

Wisconsin · Sep 10, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5260: Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5260/

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"H.R. 5260: Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5260/.

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