[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1190 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1190

 To provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the 
               Nation's borders, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2009

Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the 
               Nation's borders, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border Law Enforcement Anti-Drug 
Trafficking Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. BORDER RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General is authorized to 
        award grants to--
                    (A) eligible law enforcement agencies, or a 
                coalition of such agencies, to provide the resources 
                described in subsection (b) to address drug-related 
                criminal activity that occurs in the jurisdiction of 
                such agencies; and
                    (B) institutions of higher education that provide 
                assistance to law enforcement agencies in counties 
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 
                (d)(1) to provide the resources described in subsection 
                (b)(4).
            (2) Competitive basis.--The Attorney General shall award 
        grants under this section on a competitive basis.
            (3) Priority.--In awarding grants for the uses described in 
        paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b), the Attorney 
        General shall give priority to law enforcement agencies located 
        in a county that is within 150 miles from the United States 
        border with Mexico.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section may only be 
used to provide additional resources for eligible law enforcement 
agencies to address drug-related criminal activity, and for the 
training and assistance described in paragraph (4) for organizations 
described in subsection (a)(2), including resources to--
            (1) combat criminal activities along the Southern border 
        by--
                    (A) obtaining, upgrading, or maintain equipment;
                    (B) hiring additional personnel;
                    (C) reimbursing operational expenditures, including 
                overtime and transportation costs; and
                    (D) providing other assistance necessary to address 
                drug-related criminal activity;
            (2) facilitate information sharing and collaboration by--
                    (A) establishing, maintaining, or enhancing multi-
                jurisdictional intelligence gathering and sharing 
                activities;
                    (B) facilitating regional crime prevention and 
                reduction efforts; and
                    (C) strengthening partnerships between Federal, 
                tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;
            (3) enhance jails, community corrections, and detention 
        operations by--
                    (A) improving the administration and operations of 
                correction functions related to reducing and preventing 
                criminal narcotics activity;
                    (B) improving access to intelligence and 
                collaboration between law enforcement and correctional 
                system personnel;
                    (C) reducing the recidivism rates of drug 
                offenders; and
                    (D) hiring detention, probation, parole, and other 
                corrections personnel for implementation of the efforts 
                described in this paragraph; and
            (4) provide training and technical assistance, including 
        training and assistance related to--
                    (A) narcotics-related kidnapping negotiation and 
                rescue tactics;
                    (B) intelligence and information sharing on drug 
                trafficking organizations; and
                    (C) the interdiction of narcotics, weapons, and 
                illegal drug proceeds.
    (c) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Each eligible law enforcement agency, or 
        coalition of such agencies, seeking a grant under this section 
        shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such 
        time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as 
        the Attorney General may reasonably require.
            (2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall--
                    (A) describe the activities for which assistance 
                under this section is sought; and
                    (B) provide such additional assurances as the 
                Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure 
                compliance with the requirements under this section.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible law enforcement agency.--The term ``eligible 
        law enforcement agency'' means a tribal, State, or local law 
        enforcement agency, including a community corrections agency 
        and any agency that employs prosecutors, probation officers, or 
        parole officers, which is located or performs duties in--
                    (A) Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas; or
                    (B) a jurisdiction that has been designated by the 
                Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy as a High 
                Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
            (2) High intensity drug trafficking area.--The term ``High 
        Intensity Drug Trafficking Area'' means any jurisdiction 
        designated as a ``High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area'' by the 
        National Drug Control Program under section 707 of the Office 
        of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 
        U.S.C. 1706).
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015 to 
        carry out the provisions of this section.
            (2) Allocation of authorized funds.--Of the amounts 
        appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)--
                    (A) not more than 33 percent may be set aside for 
                High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas; and
                    (B) not more than 30 percent may be used for 
                activities described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
                subsection (b).
            (3) Supplement not supplant.--Amounts appropriated for 
        grants pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used to supplement 
        and not to supplant other tribal, State, and local public funds 
        obligated for the purposes provided under this section.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize tribal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies or officers of such agencies to exercise 
Federal immigration law enforcement authority.
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