Title: American Border Rescue Plan Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
American Border Rescue Plan Act
This bill establishes that funds made available for certain COVID-19 recovery programs may also be available to eligible law enforcement agencies for border enforcement-related purposes. To be eligible to receive such funds, a law enforcement agency must be (1) located in a state with an international border, and (2) involved in an active and ongoing U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation coordinated through a sector office.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2802 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    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 ``American Border Rescue Plan Act''.

SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS FOR BORDER SECURITY.

    (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 enforcement activities.
            (2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill for law 
        enforcement personnel or non-law enforcement personnel who 
        support enhanced border law enforcement activities.
            (3) Allowable and approved personnel costs, including 
        salaries, fringe benefits, overtime and backfill for dedicated 
        intelligence analysts supporting Operation Stonegarden 
        operations in support of enhanced border law enforcement 
        activities.
            (4) Any activity permitted for Operation Stonegarden 
        under--
                    (A) the Department of Homeland Security'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 determined by the 
        Secretary.
    (c) Eligible Law Enforcement Agencies Defined.--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 international 
                maritime border; and
            (2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection operation coordinated through a sector 
        office.
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