House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Will Hurd R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2018
- Committee actionMay 23, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5896.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5896, Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 2018” on September 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 23, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54507
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5896, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5896
- 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. 115-973 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 25, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/973
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5896, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5896
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 83, May 21, 2018, Page H4284):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5896, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87d20c08ef9d8289922cbff662658b2b78c0da61bbc864373e6b8a78b0b0a40b
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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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Will Hurd.
- H.R. 2454 (115th) Department of Homeland Security Data Framework Act of 2018
- H.R. 7327 (115th) SECURE Technology Act
- H.R. 2227 (115th) MGT Act
- H.R. 6901 (115th) Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018
- H.R. 1428 (115th) American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017
- H.R. 2626 (115th) Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.