House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-250
To amend title 5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement availability pay to employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations.
Became law on Dec 8, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2016
- Committee actionApr 14, 2016
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 17, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 28, 2016
- Became lawDec 8, 2016
Latest action: Dec 8, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-250.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4902.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4902, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement availability pay to employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations” on May 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 14, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51594
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4902, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4902
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-600 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 31, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 31, 2016 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/600
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4902, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4902
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47d262d05ea3c01f0409008603dd670e2b0f4cddebd179fb096dd3526971d0ad
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 55, April 12, 2016, Pages H1634-H1635):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2016 ↗
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- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4902, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4902
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47d262d05ea3c01f0409008603dd670e2b0f4cddebd179fb096dd3526971d0ad
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Martha McSally (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Will Hurd.
- H.R. 1626 (114th) DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015
- H.R. 2252 (114th) To clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5252 (114th) To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at 1400 Lower Island Road in Tornillo, Texas, as the…
- H.R. 4403 (114th) Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act
- H.R. 4402 (114th) Foreign Fighter Review Act of 2016
- H.R. 6004 (114th) MGT Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.