Service members leaving the military would have a new pathway to become U.S. Border Patrol agents under this five-year pilot program. The Department of Homeland Security, working with the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, would use the existing DoD SkillBridge program — which lets active-duty members train with civilian employers during their final months of service — to recruit, train, and hire transitioning servicemembers for Customs and Border Protection. Annual reports to Congress would track how many participants applied, enrolled, and successfully transitioned, broken down by military branch, rank, and family status. The program ends automatically five years after launch.
Congressional Summary
Veterans Border Patrol Training ActThis bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collaborate with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a five-year interdepartmental pilot program, under which DHS must use the DOD SkillBridge Program to train and hire transitioning servicemembers as border patrol agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-06-26
- Date Added
- 2026-06-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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