Lone Star Reimbursement Act

Bill: 118-hr-1286
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-01
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Lone Star Reimbursement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to each provide $2.2 billion to the state of Texas as reimbursement for the costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in FY2022 and FY2023.</p> <p>(Operation Lone Star is a border security operation initiated and carried out by the state of Texas.) </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1286 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2023 Mr. Fallon (for himself, Mr. Self , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Mr. Hunt , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Ellzey , and Mr. Gooden of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security , and the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lone Star Reimbursement Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The House of Representatives first recognized the security of our Nation’s borders as a matter of national security in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. (2) Operation Lone Star has led to over 348,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 24,000 criminal arrests, with more than 22,000 felony charges reported. (3) Operation Lone Star is responsible for the seizure of over 361 million lethal doses of fentanyl. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that Operation Lone Star has been a tremendous help to stem the tide of illegal immigration and its members should be recognized for their efforts. 3. Reimbursement Of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2024, $2,200,000,000 from each such Department shall be expended in the form of reimbursements to the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.