[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1286

 To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

Mr. Fallon (for himself, Mr. Self, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Hunt, Mr. 
  Weber of Texas, Mr. Ellzey, and Mr. Gooden of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
    and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, 
                        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 ``Lone Star Reimbursement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The House of Representatives first recognized the 
        security of our Nation's borders as a matter of national 
        security in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2022.
            (2) Operation Lone Star has led to over 348,000 illegal 
        immigrant apprehensions and more than 24,000 criminal arrests, 
        with more than 22,000 felony charges reported.
            (3) Operation Lone Star is responsible for the seizure of 
        over 361 million lethal doses of fentanyl.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Operation 
Lone Star has been a tremendous help to stem the tide of illegal 
immigration and its members should be recognized for their efforts.

SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT.

    Of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security for 
fiscal year 2024, $2,200,000,000 from each such Department shall be 
expended in the form of reimbursements to the State of Texas for the 
costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
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