SEC. 2. BORDER SECURITY AND ENFORCEMENT BLOCK 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency is authorized to 
establish a grant program, to be known as the ‘‘Border 
Security and Enforcement Block Grant Program’’, to pro-
vide block grants to eligible States to construct , maintain, 
repair, or improve, a physical border barrier system along 
the southwest border of the United States. 
(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible State seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Ad-
ministrator at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Administrator may reasonably re-
quire, including— 
(1) a description of the intended use of funds 
under subsection (c); and 
(2) documentation of any alleged loss or dam-
age to the State as a result of the lack of an up-
dated physical border barrier along the southwest 
border of the United States in that State. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State that receives a 
grant under this section may use such funds to— 
(A) construct a physical border barrier sys-
tem along the southwest border of the United 
States; 
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(B) maintain a physical border barrier sys-
tem along the southwest border of the United 
States; or 
(C) improve and or repair a physical bor-
der barrier system along the southwest border 
of the United States. 
(2) CLARIFICATION.—The uses of funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) include costs associated 
with— 
(A) maintaining equipment used for any of 
the activities described in such paragraph; 
(B) paying personnel to carry out such ac-
tivities, including the payment of overtime and 
backfill; and 
(C) any activity permitted for Operation 
Stonegarden under the most recent fiscal year 
Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland 
Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Op-
portunity. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible for a grant 
under this section if— 
(1) the State is located along the southwest 
border of the United States; and 
(2) at the time of applying for the grant, a 
physical border barrier along the portion of the 
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southwest border of the United States in that State 
does not exist or is in need of maintenance, improve-
ment or repair. 
(e) AWARDS.—Not later than 90 days after receiving 
a grant application under this section, the Administrator 
shall make a determination with respect to the application. 
(f) FEDERAL LAND.—Upon approval of a grant ap-
plication under this section by a State seeking to use the 
grant for a purpose described in subsection (c) on Federal 
land, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the 
State to provide the State with any easement (including 
any appropriate right of way) that is necessary for the 
State to complete such work. 
(g) NOTIFICATION.—If the Administrator denies a 
grant application under this section, the Administrator 
shall provide written notice to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, detailing the justification for the de-
nial. 
(h) REPORT.—For each of fiscal years 2025 through 
2027, 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-
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mation on the expenditure of grants made under this sec-
tion by each grant recipient. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Of the funds appro-
priated under ‘‘Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvement’’ for use by the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection that are unobligated and un-
expended as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, $60,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Administrator to provide grants under this Act. 
(B) FISCAL
YEAR
LIMITATION.—Of the 
funds transferred under subsection (a), the Ad-
ministrator may expend up to $20,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 
2027 for grants under this section. 
SEC. 3. SUNSET. 
The authority to provide grants under this Act shall 
cease on the last day of fiscal year 2027. Any funds that 
have not been obligated under this section prior that date 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Procurement, Construction, and 
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Improvement’’ for use by the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection. 
Æ 
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