I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2025 
To amend title 32, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense 
to provide funds to support the use by a State of the National Guard, 
State defense forces, and law enforcement agencies in securing an inter-
national border that forms part of the border of the State, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2011 
Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. GOHMERT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 32, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Defense to provide funds to support the use 
by a State of the National Guard, State defense forces, 
and law enforcement agencies in securing an inter-
national border that forms part of the border of the 
State, 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 ‘‘Border States Security 
Improvement Act’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 9 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 902 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘902. Department of Defense support for National Guard homeland defense ac-
tivities and State border security activities.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 901 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘law enforcement agencies’ in-
cludes the Texas Department of Public Safety, in-
cluding the Texas Rangers and Texas Highway Pa-
trol, the New Mexico State Police, the Arizona De-
partment of Public Safety, including the Arizona 
Highway Patrol, and the California Highway Pa-
trol.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘State defense forces’ means de-
fense forces authorized under section 109(c) of this 
title. The term includes the Texas State Guard, the 
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New Mexico State Guard, the Arizona State Defense 
Force, and the California State Military Reserve.’’. 
(2) NATURE OF DUTY.—Section 904 of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘this chapter’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 902(a) of 
this title’’. 
(3) FUNDING
ASSISTANCE.—Section 905 of 
such title (1) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) HOMELAND
DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES.—In 
the case’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 902 of this title’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 902(a) of this title’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PAYMENTS
FOR 
BORDER SECURITY ACTIVITIES.—In the case of any bor-
der security activity for which the Governor of a State re-
quests assistance under section 902(b) of this title, the 
Secretary of Defense shall pay to that State, from funds 
available to the Department of Defense for homeland de-
fense purposes, an amount that the Governor certifies is 
necessary to cover the costs described in paragraphs (1), 
(2), and (3) of subsection (a) of the National Guard, State 
defense forces, and law enforcement agencies of that State 
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incurred or to be incurred as a result of participation in 
the border security activity.’’. 
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