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Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 by Sen. Richard Blumenthal

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Latest action · Feb 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

What it does

This 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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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