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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8956

Introduced

Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act

Sponsor
RAndy Barr· Kentucky
Introduced
May 21, 2026
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.May 21, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8956 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8956

To expand eligibility for special overtime pay to U.S. Border Patrol 
agents classified above grade GS-12.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 21, 2026

Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. Guest, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Alford, 
and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To expand eligibility for special overtime pay to U.S. Border Patrol 
agents classified above grade GS-12.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Border Patrol Supervisors Retention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER RATES OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED OVERTIME 
PAY FOR CERTAIN U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

Section 5550(h) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``GS-12 Border 
Patrol Agents'' and inserting ``Border Patrol Agents Classified 
From Grade GS-12 Through GS-15''; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a position at grade GS-
12'' and inserting ``a position from grade GS-12 through GS-
15''.
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