118th Congress Immigration
H.R. 163: Security First Act
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Summary
This bill reauthorizes the Operation Stonegarden program from FY2024 through FY2027 and addresses other border security issues. (Operation Stonegarden provides grants to enhance the border security capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments.)
From FY2024 through FY2027, the money from unreported monetary instruments seized from individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and transferred into the Department of the Treasury general fund shall be made available without further appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fund Operation Stonegarden.
DHS must report to Congress on (1) DHS hiring practices from 2018 to 2021, and (2) whether certain Mexican drug cartels meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. DHS must also periodically report to Congress about the technology needed to secure the U.S.-Mexico land border.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Mónica De La Cruz R-TX
- Jake Ellzey R-TX
- Dan Crenshaw R-TX
- Ashley Hinson R-IA
- Maria Salazar R-FL
- Brian Mast R-FL
- John Rutherford R-FL
- Stephanie Bice R-OK
- Dan Newhouse R-WA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Young Kim R-CA
- Byron Donalds R-FL
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer R-OR
- A. Ferguson R-GA
- James (Jim) Moylan R-GU
- Eric Crawford R-AR
- Aaron Bean R-FL
- David Valadao R-CA
- Randy Feenstra R-IA
- Clay Higgins R-LA
- Thomas Kean R-NJ
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History
- Introduced in the House by Ernest Gonzales.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.