S 625
119th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Border security and unlawful immigration
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Veterans Border Patrol Training Act
Introduced: February 18, 2025
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1