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Workers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityBorder officers who missed a 2008 hiring date would get bigger pensions and back payments.
Workers & Jobs
These are officers who got a job offer before July 6, 2008. They started work on or after that day. The bill counts them as on the job that day. That gives them the higher pension their coworkers get.
Officers who already retired would have their pension figured again the new way. They would get the difference for past years. The federal retirement office would make the change.
Homeland Security would have to build a list of these officers and tell each one. It would then send what the retirement agency needs. Officers would not have to file a claim.
These officers would not face the usual rule that separates officers at age 57. Keeping that option is part of the older transition deal the bill extends to them.
Transparency & Accountability
A federal watchdog would study how the border agency picks who gets these benefits. It would check staff records, training, and safeguards. Then it would report to three committees in Congress.
More about this bill
If you took a Customs and Border Protection officer job in 2008, this could raise your pension. The cutoff missed officers who got their offer before July 6, 2008, and started work later. Their coworkers got a better retirement deal. The change would treat those officers as if they had been on the job that day. Officers who already retired would get back payments covering earlier years. Homeland Security would have 120 days to find them and send notice. No one would have to apply. These officers also could work past the usual cutoff. Most federal officers in these jobs must retire at 57 today. A watchdog agency would review how the border agency handles these benefits. Everyone else would see no change. The bill passed the Senate in December 2025 and still needs the House.
Congressional Summary
This bill modifies the calculation of retirement benefits for certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.Under current law, effective July 6, 2008, CBP officers are entitled to an enhanced retirement benefit, subject to certain mandatory retirement requirements. CBP officers who were employed as of July 6, 2008, are entitled to a transitional enhanced retirement benefit without the corresponding mandatory retirement requirements (i.e., proportional annuity).The bill specifies that CBP officers who received a tentative offer of employment before July 6, 2008, and who started work on or after that date, are entitled to this proportional annuity. The Office of Personnel Management must correct annuity calculations for these officers, including retroactively, based on a list compiled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS may also retroactively waive mandatory retirement requirements for these officers so that they may receive the proportional annuity.The Government Accountability Office must report on CBP's policies and procedures related to enhanced retirement benefits.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Held at the desk.
- Action Date
- 2025-12-17
- Date Added
- 2026-04-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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