SEC. 12. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD-
ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 
MARINE OPERATIONS OF CBP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in 
coordination with the Under Secretary for Management, 
the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Chief Financial 
Officer of the Department, shall implement a workload 
staffing model for each of the following: 
(1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 
(2) Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF 
CBP.—Subsection (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 
as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(18) implement a staffing model that includes 
consideration for essential frontline operator activi-
ties and functions, variations in operating environ-
ments, present and planned infrastructure, present 
and planned technology, and required operations 
support levels for the U.S. Border Patrol, Air and 
Marine Operations, and the Office of Field Oper-
ations, to manage and assign personnel of such enti-
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ties to ensure field and support posts possess ade-
quate resources to carry out duties specified in this 
section; 
‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures 
for a workforce tracking system within the U.S. 
Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 
Office of Field Operations, train the workforce of 
each of such entities on the use, capabilities, and 
purpose of such system, and implement internal con-
trols to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 
reporting of actual completed work hours and activi-
ties;’’. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section with 
respect to subsection (a) and paragraphs (18) and 
(19) of section 411(c) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (as amended by subsection (b)), and annu-
ally thereafter with respect to such paragraphs (18) 
and (19), the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that in-
cludes a status update on— 
(A) the implementation of such subsection 
(a) and such paragraphs (18) and (19); and 
(B) each relevant workload staffing model. 
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(2) DATA
SOURCES
AND
METHODOLOGY
RE-
QUIRED.—Each report required under paragraph (1) 
shall include information relating to the data sources 
and methodology used to generate such staffing 
models. 
(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 
120 days after the Commissioner develops the workload 
staffing models pursuant to subsection (a), the Inspector 
General of the Department shall review such model and 
provide feedback to the Secretary and the appropriate con-
gressional committees with respect to the degree to which 
such model is responsive to the recommendations of the 
Inspector General, including— 
(1) recommendations from the Inspector Gen-
eral’s February 2019 audit; and 
(2) any further recommendations to improve 
such model. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
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SEC. 13. 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. 2009A. 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— 
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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 most recent fiscal year De-
partment of Homeland Security’s Homeland Secu-
rity 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 fiscal years 2022 through 
2026, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report that contains infor-
mation on the expenditure of grants made under this sec-
tion by each grant recipient. 
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