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HR4160Referred to Committee

Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-06-26
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Mike Carey
Mike Carey
Republican · OH · Representative
Votes with party: 97.3% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/C001126

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

3 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

2025-07-08

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Homeland SecurityReferred To · 2025-06-26
  • House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-06-26
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-06-26

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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