S. 625 119th Congress Senate

Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

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

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

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Law enforcement officersVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

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Feb 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 2

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jun 11, 2002	Senate · vote #147	On the Cloture Motion S. 625	Rejected	54–43	See who voted →
Sep 21, 1999	Senate · vote #280	On the Cloture Motion S. 625	Rejected	53–45	See who voted →

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What's happening now February 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

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Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Lobbying activity 2

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Lankford, James

Oklahoma · Feb 18, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 625: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-625/

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"S. 625: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-625/.

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S. 625, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-625/.

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[S. 625: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-625/)