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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1222
5	5	To reimburse the State of Texas for expenses incurred for activities conducted
6	6	relating to securing the southern international border of the United
7	7	States, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY11, 2025
10	10	Mr. W
11	11	ILLIAMSof Texas (for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. SELF, Mr. WEBER
12	12	of Texas, Mr. B
13	13	ABIN, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. GILLof Texas, and Mr.
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15	15	UTTRELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
16	16	mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland
17	17	Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
18	18	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
19	19	tion of the committee concerned
20	20	A BILL
21	21	To reimburse the State of Texas for expenses incurred for
22	22	activities conducted relating to securing the southern
23	23	international border of the United States, and for other
24	24	purposes.
25	25	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
26	26	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
27	27	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
28	28	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Operation Lone Star 4
29	29	Reimbursement Act’’. 5
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33	33	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1
34	34	Congress finds the following: 2
35	35	(1) The Federal Government is primarily re-3
36	36	sponsible for securing the borders of the United 4
37	37	States at and between ports of entry. 5
38	38	(2) Due to the lack of border action by the 6
39	39	Federal Government from January 20, 2021, to 7
40	40	January 19, 2025, the State of Texas has been 8
41	41	forced to continually appropriate funds to secure the 9
42	42	southern border of the United States. 10
43	43	(3) Texas has taken these actions to help main-11
44	44	tain safety and security for all citizens across the 12
45	45	United States by protecting against the criminal 13
46	46	acts of— 14
47	47	(A) human trafficking; 15
48	48	(B) sex trafficking; 16
49	49	(C) drug proliferation; 17
50	50	(D) illicit movement of weapons and con-18
51	51	traband; 19
52	52	(E) criminal organizations; and 20
53	53	(F) unlawful entry. 21
54	54	(4) In March 2021, the Governor of Texas 22
55	55	launched Operation Lone Star to combat these 23
56	56	threats, resulting in— 24
57	57	(A) apprehension of over half a million ille-25
58	58	gal immigrants; 26
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62	62	(B) 140,000 attempted illegal entries de-1
63	63	nied; 2
64	64	(C) over 50,000 criminal arrests; 3
65	65	(D) the seizure of half a billion lethal doses 4
66	66	of fentanyl; and 5
67	67	(E) construction of over 240 miles of bor-6
68	68	der barriers. 7
69	69	(5) The amount the State of Texas spent on 8
70	70	border security to combat the crisis at Texas’ south-9
71	71	ern border was $11.1 billion of Texas taxpayer fund-10
72	72	ing. 11
73	73	SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. 12
74	74	(a) A
75	75	PPLICATION FORREIMBURSEMENT.—The Gov-13
76	76	ernor of Texas shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland 14
77	77	Security and the Secretary of the Treasury an application 15
78	78	for reimbursement, which shall include— 16
79	79	(1) a list of expenses incurred by the State of 17
80	80	Texas for activities conducted relating to securing 18
81	81	the southern international border of the United 19
82	82	States during the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 20
83	83	and 2025; and 21
84	84	(2) the total amount of expenses incurred for 22
85	85	such activities. 23
86	86	(b) A
87	87	PPLICATIONREVIEW.—The Secretary of Home-24
88	88	land Security must review the State of Texas’ application 25
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92	92	within 120 days after receival and determine what ex-1
93	93	penses that incurred are eligible for reimbursement and 2
94	94	submit a report to Congress on the final decision. 3
95	95	(c) R
96	96	EIMBURSEMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 4
97	97	the Secretary of Homeland Security has submitted the re-5
98	98	imbursement decision to Congress, the Secretary of the 6
99	99	Treasury shall pay to the State of Texas, out of any 7
100	100	amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an 8
101	101	amount equal to the total amount of expenses determined 9
102	102	reimbursable. 10
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