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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2709 

To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through which eligible law 

enforcement agencies shall be awarded grants for border security enhancement. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 18, 2018 

Mr. TESTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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 TITLE. 

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

5 and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs 

6 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. 2009. 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 36 months. 

17 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each of the fiscal years 2018 

18 through 2022, 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 2018 through 2022, 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, and 2009 to State, local, and tribal governments, 

9 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 2008 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 2009. 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)(5)) 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 to carry out this section— 

22 ‘‘(1) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 

23 ‘‘(2) $300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

24 2020 through 2023.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. COPS GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Community 

7 Oriented Policing Services to carry out this part 

8 $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 

9 2023.’’. 

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