I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3990 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Operation 
Stonegarden grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mr. GUEST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Operation Stonegarden grant program, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Operation Stonegarden 
Authorization Act’’. 
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 new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 2009. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a program to be known as ‘Operation 
Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible law en-
forcement agencies, through the State administrative 
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 U.S. Border Patrol sector of-
fice. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant for— 
‘‘(1) equipment, including maintenance and 
sustainment costs; 
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‘‘(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 36 months. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each of the fiscal years 2020 
through 2024, 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. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024 for grants under 
this section.’’. 
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(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.’’. 
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