fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328).’’. 
SEC. 102. COMPREHENSIVE SOUTHERN BORDER STRATEGY. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a comprehensive Southern bor-
der strategy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The strategy submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a list of known physical barriers, tech-
nologies, tools, and other devices that can be 
used to achieve and maintain situational aware-
ness and operational control (as such term is 
defined in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act 
of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109– 
367)) along the southern border; 
(B) a projected per mile cost estimate for 
each physical barrier, technology, tool, and 
other device included on the list required under 
paragraph (1); 
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(C) a detailed account of which type of 
physical barrier, technology, tool, or other de-
vice the Department believes is necessary to 
achieve and maintain situational awareness and 
operational control for each liner mile of the 
southern border; 
(D) an explanation for why such physical 
barrier, technology, tool, or other device was 
chosen to achieve and maintain situational 
awareness and operational control for each lin-
ear mile of the southern border, including— 
(i) the methodology used to determine 
which type of physical barrier, technology, 
tool, or other device was chosen for such 
linear mile; 
(ii) an examination of existing man-
made and natural barriers for each linear 
mile of the southern border; and 
(iii) the information collected and 
evaluated from— 
(I) the appropriate U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Sector Chief; 
(II) the Joint Task Force Com-
mander; 
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(III) the appropriate State Gov-
ernor; 
(IV) local law enforcement offi-
cials; 
(V) private property owners; and 
(VI) other affected stakeholders; 
(E) a per mile cost calculation for each lin-
ear mile of the southern border given the type 
of physical barrier, technology, tool, or other 
device chosen to achieve and maintain oper-
ational control for each linear mile; and 
(F) a cost justification for each time a 
more expensive physical barrier, technology, 
tool, or other device is chosen over a less expen-
sive option, as established by the per mile cost 
estimates required in subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 103. ERADICATION OF CARRIZO CANE AND SALT 
CEDAR. 
Not later than January 20, 2019, the Secretary, after 
coordinating with the heads of relevant Federal, State, 
and local agencies, shall begin eradicating the carrizo cane 
plant and any salt cedar along the Rio Grande River. 
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TITLE II—GRANTS 
SEC. 201. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2009. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a program, which shall be known as ‘Oper-
ation Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 
law enforcement agencies, through the State administra-
tive agency, to enhance border security in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agen-
cy— 
‘‘(1) shall be located in— 
‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 
or 
‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 
border; and 
‘‘(2) shall be involved in an active, ongoing, 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation co-
ordinated through a sector office. 
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‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant for— 
‘‘(1) equipment, including maintenance and 
sustainment costs; 
‘‘(2) personnel, including overtime and backfill, 
in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(3) any activity permitted for Operation 
Stonegarden under the Department of Homeland 
Security’s Fiscal Year 2017 Homeland Security 
Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity; and 
‘‘(4) any other appropriate activity, as deter-
mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 
shall award grants under this section to grant recipients 
for a period of not less than 36 months. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each of the fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, the Administrator shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives a report that contains in-
formation on the expenditure of grants made under this 
section by each grant recipient. 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 for grants under this 
section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 
the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 
2004, and 2009 to State, local, and tribal governments, 
as appropriate.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2008 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2009. Operation Stonegarden.’’. 
SEC. 202. SOUTHERN BORDER REGION EMERGENCY COM-
MUNICATIONS GRANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Governors of the States located on the southern 
border, shall establish a two-year grant program to im-
prove emergency communications in the southern border 
region. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—An individual is eli-
gible for a grant under this section if the individual dem-
onstrates that the individual— 
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(1) regularly resides or works in a State on the 
southern border; and 
(2) is at greater risk of border violence due to 
a lack of cellular and LTE network service at the in-
dividual’s residence or business and the individual’s 
proximity to the southern border. 
(c) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants awarded under this 
section may be used to purchase satellite telephone com-
munications systems and services that— 
(1) can provide access to 9–1–1 service; and 
(2) are equipped with receivers for the Global 
Positioning System. 
Æ 
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