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119-s-625119th CongressWALLET

Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

Sponsored By: Senator Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

Introduced

Summary

Use the DoD SkillBridge pathway to recruit and train transitioning servicemembers for Border Patrol jobs. This bill would create a five-year interdepartmental pilot directing the Department of Homeland Security, working with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, to use the Department of Defense SkillBridge program to train and hire transitioning servicemembers into U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Patrol.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Train Veterans for Border Patrol Jobs

If enacted, this bill would create a DHS pilot to train and hire transitioning service members as Border Patrol agents. DHS would set up the pilot within 180 days after enactment. The pilot would use the Department of Defense SkillBridge program and the training authorities in 10 U.S.C. 1143. The pilot would end five years after it starts. DHS would report one year after the pilot begins and annually until it ends. Each report would list participant counts and the number of eligible applicants. Reports would also break down participants by members, reserve members, officers, enlisted, veterans, spouses, and dependents. The bill would not authorize new funding beyond existing SkillBridge authorities and interagency coordination.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

CT • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 2/18/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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