House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act
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 2026, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Monica De La Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5260.
- 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. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5260, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5260
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 29, 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 October 29, 2025). 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
32 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 32 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Russell Fry (R-SC), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Robert Onder (R-MO), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) and 2 more.
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 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.