House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act of 2025
Official title: Making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees working during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Monica De La Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1916.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. De La CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1916, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 12, 2025
- 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 May 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1916, last updated May 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
20 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), John Carter (R-TX), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
- H.R. 224 (119th) Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
- H.R. 225 (119th) HUD Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4646 (119th) Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3390 (119th) Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 6554 (119th) Community Bank Representation Act
- H.Res. 583 (119th) Denouncing the attack on a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on July 7, 2025.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.