ANTI-Drugs Act
Bill: S.1709 | Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon (D-MT)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking officers in Interdicting Drugs Act or the ANTI-Drugs Act
This bill provides statutory authorization for the Operation Stonegarden grant program within the Department of Homeland Security. Through the program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall provide grants for enhancing border security to law enforcement agencies that are (1) in a state with an international land or maritime border, and (2) involved in an active U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation coordinated through the Border Patrol.
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2026 (1) the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, which provides federal assistance to state and local enforcement agencies in areas deemed as critical drug trafficking regions; and (2) the Community Oriented Policing Services program within the Department of Justice, which provides grants for various law enforcement-related purposes.

To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through which eligible 
 law enforcement agencies shall be awarded grants for border security 
                              enhancement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking 
officers in Interdicting Drugs Act'' or the ``ANTI-Drugs 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:

``SEC. 2010. OPERATION STONEGARDEN.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a 
program, which shall be known as `Operation Stonegarden', under which 
the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall award grants to 
eligible law enforcement agencies, through the State administrative 
agency, to enhance border security in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Eligible Recipients.--A law enforcement agency is eligible to 
receive a grant under this section if the agency--
            ``(1) is located in--
                    ``(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; or
                    ``(B) a State or territory with a maritime border; 
                and
            ``(2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection operation coordinated through a U.S. Border 
        Patrol sector office.
    ``(c) Permitted Uses.--Grant funds received under this section may 
be used for--
            ``(1) equipment, including maintenance and sustainment 
        costs;
            ``(2) personnel, including overtime and backfill, in 
        support of enhanced border law enforcement activities;
            ``(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 determined by the 
        Administrator, in consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection.
    ``(d) Period of Performance.--The Secretary shall award grants 
under this section to grant recipients for a period of not less than 3 
years.
    ``(e) Report.--For each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the 
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives containing 
information 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 2022 through 
2026 for grants under this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2002(a) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary, through the Administrator, 
may award grants under sections 2003, 2004, 2009, and 2010 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 2009 the following:

``Sec. 2010. Operation Stonegarden.''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 707(p) of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(p)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(p) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy $300,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this 
section.''.

SEC. 4. COPS GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to 
carry out this part $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.''.
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