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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5694" measure-id="id118hr5694" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-09-26" update-date="2024-06-05">
        <title>Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr5694v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-06-05">
            <action-date>2023-09-26</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees who are required to work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) in FY2024.</p><p>Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to CBP for the salaries and expenses of agents of the&nbsp;U.S. Border Patrol and officers of the Office of Field Operations who are excepted from furlough (i.e., required to work) during a lapse in discretionary appropriations in FY2024.&nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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