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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Personnel

Section 101 · Sec. 101 ·

What this chapter is about

This part sets aside $9,550,000,000 for the border force. It pays to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and their support staff. The work must be work of some other kind. It also bars new hires for one job after 2028.

2 proposals indexed from this chapter.

$9,550,000,000 is appropriated to hire and equip Border Patrol agents and support personnel

The document says “shall”Who acts: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says

“there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,550,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, Sec. 101

Subsection (a) appropriates $9,550,000,000 to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, in addition to amounts otherwise available. The money remains available until September 30, 2029. It is for hiring, paying, training and equipping Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel, and is confined to functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.

What the document actually says

“there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,550,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, Sec. 101
That sentence, in plain words

Congress sets aside $9,550,000,000 for the head of the border force. It may be spent up to September 30, 2029. It pays to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and support staff. The work must be other work, not immigration work or customs work.

What this is about

The money is new. It comes on top of what the border force already gets. Title I of this law pays for work that is not immigration work. This part sits in Title I.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The money may not recruit, hire or train processing coordinators after October 31, 2028

The document says “may not”Who acts: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says

“None of the funds made available by subsection (a) may be used to recruit, hire, or train personnel for the duties of processing coordinators after October 31, 2028.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, Sec. 101

Subsection (b) places one restriction on the money appropriated by subsection (a). After October 31, 2028, none of it may be used to recruit, hire or train personnel for the duties of processing coordinators. The subsection sets no other condition on the money.

What the document actually says

“None of the funds made available by subsection (a) may be used to recruit, hire, or train personnel for the duties of processing coordinators after October 31, 2028.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, Sec. 101
That sentence, in plain words

This money has one limit. After October 31, 2028, it may not pay to find, hire, or train staff for one job. That job is processing coordinator.

What this is about

A processing coordinator is a job title at the border force. The bar is on finding, hiring, and training for that job. It starts after that date and runs to the end.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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  1. The document itself

    Secure America Act, Public Law 119-98, sec. 101, 140 Stat. 837 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ98/html/PLAW-119publ98.htm

  2. This page

    “U.S. Customs and Border Protection Personnel,” Secure America Act, section 101. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/secure-america-act/section-101/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

Both subsections: the appropriation itself, with its amount, its recipient, how long it stays available and what it may be spent on, and the restriction placed on it.

Nothing in the section is left out. It runs to two subsections and both are recorded.

The section amends no older statute. It appropriates money and does not say how many agents the sum is expected to hire, so no figure for that is recorded here.