[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2709 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2709

To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through which eligible 
 law enforcement agencies shall be awarded grants for border security 
                              enhancement.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2018

  Mr. Tester introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through which eligible 
 law enforcement agencies shall be awarded grants for border security 
                              enhancement.

    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 ``Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking 
Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act''.

SEC. 2. OPERATION STONEGARDEN.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XX of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 2009. OPERATION STONEGARDEN.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a 
program, which shall be known as `Operation Stonegarden', under which 
the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall award grants to 
eligible law enforcement agencies, through the State administrative 
agency, to enhance border security in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Eligible Recipients.--A law enforcement agency is eligible to 
receive a grant under this section if the agency--
            ``(1) is located in--
                    ``(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; or
                    ``(B) a State or territory with a maritime border; 
                and
            ``(2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection operation coordinated through a U.S. Border 
        Patrol sector office.
    ``(c) Permitted Uses.--Grant funds received under this section may 
be used for--
            ``(1) equipment, including maintenance and sustainment 
        costs;
            ``(2) personnel, including overtime and backfill, in 
        support of enhanced border law enforcement activities;
            ``(3) any activity permitted for Operation Stonegarden 
        under the Department of Homeland Security's most recent 
        Homeland Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity; 
        and
            ``(4) any other appropriate activity, as determined by the 
        Administrator, in consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection.
    ``(d) Period of Performance.--The Secretary shall award grants 
under this section to grant recipients for a period of not less than 36 
months.
    ``(e) Report.--For each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the 
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives containing 
information on the expenditure of grants made under this section by 
each grant recipient.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $110,000,000, for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 
2022, for grants under this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2002(a) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary, through the Administrator, 
may award grants under sections 2003, 2004, and 2009 to State, local, 
and tribal governments, as appropriate.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 2008 the following:

``Sec. 2009. Operation Stonegarden.''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 707(p) of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(p)(5)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(p) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy to carry out 
this section--
            ``(1) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and
            ``(2) $300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 
        through 2023.''.

SEC. 4. COPS GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to 
carry out this part $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 
through 2023.''.
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