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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2050 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Making continuing appropriations for the salary and expenses of certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | excepted employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | REENof Tennessee (for himself, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. DELACRUZ, and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Appropriations |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | Making continuing appropriations for the salary and ex- |
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| 17 | 17 | | penses of certain excepted employees of U.S. Customs |
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| 18 | 18 | | and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Cus- |
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| 19 | 19 | | toms Enforcement, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Heroes Pay 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN EM-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | PLOYEES OF CBP AND ICE. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—There are appropriated, out of 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | such sums as are necessary to pay, during the period of 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | any lapse in discretionary appropriations occurring on or 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the salaries 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and expenses of— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and officers who are performing mission critical 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | functions at United States Southwest, Northern, and 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | maritime border ports of entry, and between such 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ports of entry, including preventing terrorists, ter-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | rorists weapons, illegal aliens, illicit drugs, and other 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | illegal contraband; and 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ment officers and agents who conduct— 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) immigration enforcement, including de-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | taining and removing aliens (as defined in sec-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act); and 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) investigations of criminal operations 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and organizations, including— 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (i) the illegal trade of contraband 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such as goods, weapons, and drugs; and 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (ii) the smuggling and trafficking of 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | people. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) T |
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| 60 | 60 | | ERMINATION.—Appropriations and funds made 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | available and authority granted pursuant to this section 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | shall be available until whichever of the following first oc-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | curs: 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (including a continuing appropriation) for any pur-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | pose for which amounts are made available in sub-9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | section (a). 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) The enactment into law of the applicable 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | other Act without any appropriation for such pur-13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | pose. 14 |
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