Appropriates funds to pay salaries and expenses of Border Patrol agents and CBP officers during a government shutdown, ensuring continued border security and migrant detention/transport operations.
There are appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to pay, during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations during such fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this section, the salaries and expenses of any Agents of the U.S. Border Patrol and officers of the Office of Field Operations within U.S. Customs and Border Protection excepted from furlough during such lapse.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2025-09-10: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill provides dedicated funding to ensure Border Patrol and CBP officers continue working (and receiving pay) during a government shutdown, which maintains and expands the operational capacity for immigration enforcement activities including detention and transport.