CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

James Lankford (R-OK)

Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act

S. 2249 · Senate bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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, known as the "Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act," seeks to change how certain agents are paid. It aims to expand the eligibility for special overtime pay for U.S. Border Patrol agents. Specifically, the change would apply to agents classified at grades GS-12 through GS-15. This expands the current scope which is limited to those at grade GS-12.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill supports border security by providing incentives for higher-level Border Patrol agents to stay in their roles.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill increases government spending by expanding overtime pay eligibility.