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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Border Law Enforcement Enhancement
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds as follows:
(1) It is the obligation of the Federal Government of the
United States to adequately secure the Nation's borders and
prevent the flow of undocumented persons and illegal drugs into
the United States.
(2) Despite the fact that the United States Border Patrol
apprehends over 1,000,000 people each year trying to illegally
enter the United States, according to the Congressional
Research Service, the net growth in the number of unauthorized
aliens has increased by approximately 500,000 each year. The
southwest border accounts for approximately 94 percent of all
migrant apprehensions each year. Currently, there are an
estimated 11,000,000 unauthorized aliens in the United States.
(3) The border region is also a major corridor for the
shipment of drugs. According to the El Paso Intelligence
Center, 65 percent of the narcotics that are sold in the
markets of the United States enter the country through the
Southwest Border.
(4) Border communities continue to incur significant costs
due to the lack of adequate border security. A 2001 study by
the United States-Mexico Border Counties Coalition found that
law enforcement and criminal justice expenses associated with
illegal immigration exceed $89,000,000 annually for the
Southwest border counties.
(5) In August 2005, the States of New Mexico and Arizona
declared states of emergency in order to provide local law
enforcement immediate assistance in addressing criminal
activity along the Southwest border.
(6) While the Federal Government provides States and
localities assistance in covering costs related to the
detention of certain criminal aliens and the prosecution of
Federal drug cases, local law enforcement along the border are
provided no assistance in covering such expenses and must use
their limited resources to combat drug trafficking, human
smuggling, kidnappings, the destruction of private property,
and other border-related crimes.
(7) The United States shares 5,525 miles of border with
Canada and 1,989 miles with Mexico. Many of the local law
enforcement agencies located along the border are small, rural
departments charged with patrolling large areas of land.
Counties along the Southwest United States-Mexico border are
some of the poorest in the country and lack the financial
resources to cover the additional costs associated with illegal
immigration, drug trafficking, and other border-related crimes.
(8) Federal assistance is required to help local law
enforcement operating along the border address the unique
challenges that arise as a result of their proximity to an
international border and the lack of overall border security in
the region.

SEC. 3. BORDER RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--From amounts made available under section 4, the
Secretary of Homeland Security may make grants to--
(1) sheriffs' offices of counties any part of which is
within 25 miles of the southern border of the United States;
and
(2) police departments serving a city, town, or other
political subdivision in a county any part of which is within
25 miles of the southern border of the United States (including
tribal police departments serving a community any part of which
is within 25 miles of such border).
(b) Use of Funds.--
(1) In general.--Grant funds received under subsection (a)
may be used for the following:
(A) To conduct law enforcement operations in order
to enforce criminal laws, prevent and punish criminal
activity, and protect the lives, property, and security
of the people within the jurisdiction of the grant
recipient.
(B) To transfer aliens detained or in the custody
of the grant recipient who are not lawfully present in
the United States to appropriate Federal law
enforcement officials.
(C) To enforce State and Federal laws relating to
controlled substance trafficking and enforce other
State and Federal criminal laws.
(2) Payment of costs.--Use of funds under paragraph (1)
shall include payment for costs of--
(A) hiring, equipping, training, and otherwise
controlling the operations and deployment of, law
enforcement officials engaged in duties described in
paragraph (1), as well as the costs of paying overtime
to such officials; and
(B) detaining, housing, and transporting aliens who
are not lawfully present in the United States, and who
are taken into custody by the grant recipient, until
the aliens are transferred to appropriate Federal law
enforcement officials.
(3) Detention facilities.--In accordance with paragraph
(2)(B), grant funds received under subsection (a) may be used
for the construction, maintenance, and operation of detention
facilities to detain aliens who are unlawfully present in the
United States, except that not more than 20 percent of such
funds may be used for the construction or renovation of
detention or similar facilities.
(c) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each eligible law enforcement agency
seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application
to the Secretary of Homeland Security at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary of
Homeland Security may reasonably require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) describe the activities for which assistance
under this section is sought; and
(B) provide such additional assurances as the
Secretary of Homeland Security determines to be
essential to ensure compliance with the requirements of
this section.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Homeland Security to carry out this Act $150,000,000 for fiscal year
2008 and each succeeding fiscal year.

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize State or local
law enforcement agencies or their officers to exercise Federal
immigration law enforcement authority.

SEC. 6. REGULATIONS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue regulations to carry out
this Act.
Solution:
Border Law Enforcement Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to sheriff's offices and local and tribal police departments in jurisdictions within 25 miles of the U.S. southern border for: (1) law enforcement operations; (2) detention (including construction and operation of detention facilities) and transfer of illegal aliens to federal authorities; (3) enforcement of substance trafficking laws and other state and federal criminal laws; and (4) hiring, equipping, training, and overtime.

States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize state or local law enforcement agencies to exercise federal immigration law enforcement authority.