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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7487 

To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through which eligible law 

enforcement agencies shall be awarded grants for border security enhancement. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 29, 2024 

Ms. CARAVEO (for herself and Mr. FINSTAD) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through 

which eligible law enforcement agencies shall be awarded 

grants for border security enhancement. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting Narcotics 

5 and Trafficking officers in Interdicting Drugs Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘ANTI-Drugs Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 

3 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2010. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

7 Department a program, which shall be known as ‘Oper8 ation Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting 

9 through the Administrator, shall award grants to eligible 

10 law enforcement agencies, through the State administra11 tive agency, to enhance border security in accordance with 

12 this section. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—A law enforcement 

14 agency is eligible to receive a grant under this section if 

15 the agency— 

16 ‘‘(1) is located in— 

17 ‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 

18 or 

19 ‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 

20 border; and 

21 ‘‘(2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Cus22 toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 

23 through a U.S. Border Patrol sector office. 

24 ‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—Grant funds received under 

25 this section may be used for— 


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1 ‘‘(1) equipment, including maintenance and 

2 sustainment costs; 

3 ‘‘(2) personnel, including overtime and backfill, 

4 in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac5 tivities; 

6 ‘‘(3) any activity permitted for Operation 

7 Stonegarden under the Department of Homeland 

8 Security’s most recent Homeland Security Grant 

9 Program Notice of Funding Opportunity; and 

10 ‘‘(4) any other appropriate activity, as deter11 mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 

12 Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 

15 shall award grants under this section to grant recipients 

16 for a period of not less than 3 years. 

17 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each of the fiscal years 2024 

18 through 2028, the Administrator shall submit a report to 

19 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

20 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

21 Security of the House of Representatives containing infor22 mation on the expenditure of grants made under this sec23 tion by each grant recipient. 

24 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

25 is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 


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1 of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under 

2 this section.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2002(a) of 

4 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 

7 the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 

8 2004, 2009, and 2010 to State, local, and tribal govern9 ments, as appropriate.’’. 

10 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

12 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

13 2009 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 2010. Operation Stonegarden.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG 

15 TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM. 

16 Section 707(p) of the Office of National Drug Con17 trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 

18 1706(p)) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National 

21 Drug Control Policy $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

22 years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section.’’. 

23 SEC. 4. COPS GRANT PROGRAM. 

24 Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

25 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(m) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of the ANTI-Drugs Act, the Attor5 ney General shall submit a report to Congress that in6 cludes a description of efforts made by the Office of Com7 munity Oriented Policing Services— 

8 ‘‘(1) to improve and streamline the grant appli9 cation and solicitation process under this section to 

10 increase applications for grants it administers from 

11 eligible local governments, including— 

12 ‘‘(A) local governments in rural areas; and 

13 ‘‘(B) law enforcement agencies with fewer 

14 than 200 sworn officers; 

15 ‘‘(2) to address barriers in the grant application 

16 and solicitation process that prevent eligible govern17 ments in rural and underserved areas from utilizing 

18 the COPS Hiring Program and other grants it ad19 ministers; and 

20 ‘‘(3) to conduct additional outreach and provide 

21 technical assistance to eligible local governments in 

22 rural and underserved areas to increase utilization of 

23 grants it administers.’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Commu3 nity Oriented Policing Services to carry out this part 

4 $665,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 

5 2028.’’. 

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