5. Department of Homeland Security · Minor

Combine Border Patrol and the Office of Air and Marine within CBP

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Printed page 139 5. Department of Homeland Security

“Border Patrol (BP) and OAM should be combined within CBP.”

What has happened

Apr 30, 2026 Not started
Border Patrol and the Office of Air and Marine remain separate CBP operational offices. Public Law 119-21 and Public Law 119-98 both fund Air and Marine agents as a distinct category alongside Border Patrol agents, and the FY2026 DHS appropriation forbids DHS from spending its money on section 872 reorganizations without new authorization — the route such a merger would take.
- Public Law 119-86, Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, enrolled text
  Primary Congress Apr 30, 2026

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

Instrument sought: a CBP reorganization merging the Border Patrol and the Office of Air and Marine.

Searched 2026-08-28: presidential documents, final rules, proposed rules and notices in the Federal Register from DHS and its components; bills in Congress and public laws, from congress.gov; White House presidential actions; and federal court dockets (CourtListener), including a bulk snapshot of 1.2 million dockets. No reorganization notice was found, and section 513 of Public Law 119-86 now bars DHS from using its section 872 reorganization authority without new legislation.

Action: transfer
Object: Border Patrol and Office of Air and Marine
ID: 299