I 
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 en-
hancement. 
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 Account-
ability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting Narcotics 
and Trafficking officers in Interdicting Drugs Act’’ or the 
‘‘ANTI-Drugs Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. 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: 
‘‘SEC. 2010. 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 award grants to eligible 
law enforcement agencies, through the State administra-
tive agency, to enhance border security in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—A law enforcement 
agency is eligible to receive a grant under this section if 
the agency— 
‘‘(1) is located in— 
‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 
or 
‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 
border; and 
‘‘(2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 
through a U.S. Border Patrol sector office. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—Grant funds received under 
this section may be used for— 
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‘‘(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 most recent 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 3 years. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each of the fiscal years 2024 
through 2028, the Administrator shall submit a report to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives containing infor-
mation on the expenditure of grants made under this sec-
tion by each grant recipient. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 
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of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under 
this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2002(a) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 
the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 
2004, 2009, and 2010 to State, local, and tribal govern-
ments, 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 
2009 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2010. Operation Stonegarden.’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG 
TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM. 
Section 707(p) of the Office of National Drug Con-
trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 
1706(p)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 4. COPS GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(m) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of the ANTI-Drugs Act, the Attor-
ney General shall submit a report to Congress that in-
cludes a description of efforts made by the Office of Com-
munity Oriented Policing Services— 
‘‘(1) to improve and streamline the grant appli-
cation and solicitation process under this section to 
increase applications for grants it administers from 
eligible local governments, including— 
‘‘(A) local governments in rural areas; and 
‘‘(B) law enforcement agencies with fewer 
than 200 sworn officers; 
‘‘(2) to address barriers in the grant application 
and solicitation process that prevent eligible govern-
ments in rural and underserved areas from utilizing 
the COPS Hiring Program and other grants it ad-
ministers; and 
‘‘(3) to conduct additional outreach and provide 
technical assistance to eligible local governments in 
rural and underserved areas to increase utilization of 
grants it administers.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services to carry out this part 
$665,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 
2028.’’. 
Æ 
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