Border Patrol Pay Parity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2837.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Page H1949):
  Article 1, Section 8: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for higher minimum pay for certain U.S. Border Patrol agents.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2837, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2837

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4d72e0f6107de90fed3f9bba56e42ede8238f9033e595f010c010fe58a70e2be

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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