I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1448 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General 
to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms 
smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations 
and for other unlawful activities by providing for border security grants 
to local law enforcement agencies and reinforcing Federal resources on 
the border, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2009 
Mr. RODRIGUEZ (for himself, Mr. TEAGUE, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. REYES) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, 
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 authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Attorney General to increase resources to identify and 
eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico 
for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and 
for other unlawful activities by providing for border secu-
rity grants to local law enforcement agencies and rein-
forcing Federal resources on the border, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Border Reinforcement and Violence Reduction Act of 
2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—BORDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Findings. 
Sec. 103. Border relief grant program. 
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 105. Enforcement of Federal immigration law. 
Sec. 106. Regulations. 
TITLE II—SOUTHWEST BORDER VIOLENCE REDUCTION 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Project Gunrunner. 
Sec. 203. Enhanced international cooperation. 
Sec. 204. Operation Armas Cruzadas. 
Sec. 205. Vehicle inspections. 
Sec. 206. Affirmation of Second Amendment. 
TITLE I—BORDER LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT 
SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Law Enforce-
ment Enhancement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) It is the obligation of the Federal Govern-
ment to adequately secure the borders of the United 
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States and prevent the flow of undocumented per-
sons and illegal drugs into the United States in 
order to better secure such borders. 
(2) Border communities continue to incur sig-
nificant costs due to the lack of adequate border se-
curity. A 2001 study by the United States-Mexico 
Border Counties Coalition found that law enforce-
ment and criminal justice expenses associated with 
illegal immigration exceed $89,000,000 annually for 
the Southwest border counties. 
(3) In August 2005, the States of New Mexico 
and Arizona declared states of emergency in order to 
provide local law enforcement immediate assistance 
in addressing criminal activity along the Southwest 
border. 
(4) While the Federal Government provides 
States and localities assistance in covering costs re-
lated to the detention of certain criminal aliens and 
the prosecution of Federal drug cases, local law en-
forcement along the border are provided no assist-
ance in covering such expenses and must use their 
limited resources to combat drug trafficking, human 
smuggling, kidnappings, the destruction of private 
property, and other border security related crimes. 
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