Title: Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Operation Stonegarden Authorization 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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2750 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2750

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Operation 
           Stonegarden grant program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 30, 2019

Ms. McSally (for herself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Operation 
           Stonegarden grant program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Operation Stonegarden Authorization 
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. 2009. 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 make grants to 
eligible law enforcement agencies 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 by the grant recipient 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 36 
months.
    ``(e) Report.--The Administrator shall submit a report, for each of 
the fiscal years 2020 through 2024, to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that contains 
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 2020 through 
2024 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, and 2009 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 2008 the following:

``Sec. 2009. Operation Stonegarden.''.
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