Congress·Passed Senate·S. 727

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act

CBP Officer Retirement: Fixing Benefit Errors

Dec 17, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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The Senate has passed this bill and it is currently waiting at the desk for further action. It is actively moving through the legislative process. There are no companion bills currently associated with this legislation.

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Very likely to pass

This bill passed the Senate with no opposition and fixes a technical error for law enforcement officers, which usually receives strong bipartisan support in the House.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 311 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 311 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill fixes a mistake that kept some Customs and Border Protection officers from getting their full retirement pay. It applies to people who were offered a job before July 6, 2008, but did not start working until after that date.
Because of the timing of when they started, these officers were left out of a special retirement plan. This bill makes sure they get the same higher pension amounts and retirement rules as other officers hired at that time.
The government will find all the officers affected by this change and notify them. If an officer has already retired, they will receive a back-pay check to make up for the money they missed out on.
The bill also allows the government to ignore certain age limits that might have blocked these officers from retiring. This ensures that everyone who was promised these benefits can actually use them.
A government watchdog group will look into how the agency handles hiring and retirement. They want to make sure this kind of mistake does not happen again and that managers are properly trained.

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Milestones

6 milestones10 actions

Dec 17, 2025House

Held at the desk.

Dec 17, 2025House

Received in the House.

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Dec 17, 2025Senate

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 16, 2025Senate

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8765; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S8765)

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Dec 16, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act

Bill NumberS 727

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionHeld at the desk.

Data Sources

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R: 2I: 1

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