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