I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2802 
To allow amounts made available under the American Rescue Plan Act 
of 2021 for the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the 
Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to be made available to eligible 
law enforcement agencies for border security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2021 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. 
GOODEN of Texas, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. GUEST, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. 
GARBARINO, Mr. ARRINGTON, Ms. VAN DUYNE, and Mr. GIMENEZ) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
A BILL 
To allow amounts made available under the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 for the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recov-
ery Fund and the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery 
Fund to be made available to eligible law enforcement 
agencies for border security, 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 ‘‘American Border Res-
cue Plan Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS FOR BORDER SECU-
RITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available by the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) 
for the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the 
Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund may also be 
made available to eligible law enforcement agencies for the 
purposes described in subsection (b). 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes in this subsection are 
the following: 
(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 
sustainment costs for enhanced border law enforce-
ment activities. 
(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill 
for law enforcement personnel or non-law enforce-
ment personnel who support enhanced border law 
enforcement activities. 
(3) Allowable and approved personnel costs, in-
cluding salaries, fringe benefits, overtime and back-
fill for dedicated intelligence analysts supporting Op-
eration Stonegarden operations in support of en-
hanced border law enforcement activities. 
(4) Any activity permitted for Operation 
Stonegarden under— 
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(A) the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’s most recent Homeland Security Grant 
Program Notice of Funding Opportunity; or 
(B) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency’s Preparedness Grants Manual. 
(5) Any other appropriate activity, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(c) ELIGIBLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘eligible law enforcement agencies’’ 
means a law enforcement agency that is— 
(1) located in— 
(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 
or 
(B) a State or territory with an inter-
national maritime border; and 
(2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 
through a sector office. 
Æ 
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