House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BEST Facilitation Act
Official title: To pilot the use of image technician positions in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations.
Sponsor: Rep. Juan Ciscomani R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1294.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1294, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani.
- H.R. 6380 (119th) Chiricahua National Park Act
- H.R. 755 (119th) Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
- H.R. 1458 (119th) VETS Opportunity Act of 2025
- H.R. 6247 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13355 North Lon Adams Road in Marana, Arizona, as the "Mayor Ed…
- H.R. 3579 (119th) Veterans Readiness and Employment Program Integrity Act
- H.R. 3951 (119th) Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 578 (119th) BEST Facilitation ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.