CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tony Gonzales (R-TX)

Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act

H.R. 6439 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See all 7 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act," aims to change how certain agents are compensated. It seeks to expand the eligibility for special overtime pay for U.S. Border Patrol agents. Specifically, it moves the eligibility beyond just those at the GS-12 grade. The new language would include agents classified from grade GS-12 through GS-15.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill aims to increase retention of high-level Border Patrol agents through expanded overtime pay eligibility.

  • Scored +2

    Would middle-income households be better off under this?

    The bill increases the income potential for federal employees in the GS-12 to GS-15 pay grades.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.