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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2128 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | border communities for the purpose of reimbursing such communities |
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| 7 | 7 | | for expenses related to security measures along the United States land |
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| 8 | 8 | | border with Mexico, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. J |
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| 12 | 12 | | ACKSONof Texas (for himself, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | L |
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| 14 | 14 | | UTTRELL, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | G |
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| 16 | 16 | | ILLof Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the following |
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| 17 | 17 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants |
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| 20 | 20 | | to certain border communities for the purpose of reim- |
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| 21 | 21 | | bursing such communities for expenses related to security |
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| 22 | 22 | | measures along the United States land border with Mex- |
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| 23 | 23 | | ico, and for other purposes. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reimbursing Border 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Communities Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. BORDER COMMUNITY REIMBURSEMENT GRANT 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | propriations, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | make grants to certain border communities for the pur-5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | pose of reimbursing such communities for expenses related 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | to security measures along the United States land border 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | with Mexico, including additional wages for local law en-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | forcement providing security for such border. 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) E |
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| 43 | 43 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | this section, a border community— 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) shall be a unit of local government located 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in the United States within 200 miles of the land 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | border with Mexico; 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Security an application in such form, at such time, 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and containing such information as the Secretary 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | determines appropriate; and 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) may not be a sanctuary jurisdiction. 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) G |
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| 54 | 54 | | RANTAMOUNT.—A grant made under sub-20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | section (a) may not exceed $500,000 for each fiscal year. 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) L |
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| 57 | 57 | | IMITATION ONUSE OFFUNDS.—Any grant 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | awarded under this section may not be used to reimburse 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | nonprofit organizations, to fund legal representation, or 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | to provide educational, housing, food, or healthcare re-25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | sources to an alien. 26 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | through 2035, the Secretary, acting through the Commis-3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall sub-4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | includes— 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) information relating to the— 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (A) use of each grant made under sub-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | section (a); and 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (B) implementation of this section; and 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (2) any recommendations of the Secretary for 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | improving the implementation of this section, includ-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ing with respect to the amount of funding provided 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | to each recipient of a grant under this section. 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (f) D |
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| 82 | 82 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (1) The term ‘‘sanctuary jurisdiction’’ means a 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | State or unit of local government that— 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (A) violates section 642 of the Illegal Im-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (B) restricts compliance with a detainer 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (or the Secretary’s designee); or 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (C) has any law or policy in effect that vio-1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | lates the immigration laws. 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (2) The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning given 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | such term in section 101 of the Immigration and 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (g) A |
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| 100 | 100 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fis-7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | cal years 2026 through 2036 to carry out this section. 8 |
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