[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1113-S1114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1996. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to unsubsidized COBRA 
continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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.--To be eligible to receive a 
     grant under this section, a law enforcement agency shall be 
     located in--
       ``(1) a State bordering Canada or Mexico;
       ``(2) a State or territory with a maritime border; or
       ``(3) Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 
     18, United States Code) that is located all or in part of a 
     State bordering Canada or Mexico.
       ``(c) Permitted Uses.--The recipient of a grant under this 
     section may use such grant for--
       ``(1) equipment, including maintenance and sustainment 
     costs;

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       ``(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 
     2019 through 2023, for grants under this section. There is 
     hereby appropriated $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 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 (Public Law 107-
     296) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 2008 the following:

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