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            OPERATION STONEGARDEN AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2019

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                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                   COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND

                          GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                              to accompany

                                S. 2750

 TO AMEND THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION 
           STONEGARDEN GRANT PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES






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        COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                    RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin, Chairman
ROB PORTMAN, Ohio                    GARY C. PETERS, Michigan
RAND PAUL, Kentucky                  THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire
MITT ROMNEY, Utah                    KAMALA D. HARRIS, California
RICK SCOTT, Florida                  KYRSTEN SINEMA, Arizona
MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming             JACKY ROSEN, Nevada
JOSH HAWLEY, Missouri

                Gabrielle D'Adamo Singer, Staff Director
                   Joseph C. Folio III, Chief Counsel
              Brian P. Kennedy, Professional Staff Member
                  Caroline K. Bender, Staff Assistant
               David M. Weinberg, Minority Staff Director
               Zachary I. Schram, Minority Chief Counsel
         Samuel Rodarte Jr., Minority Professional Staff Member
          Katie A. Conley, Minority Professional Staff Member
                     Laura W. Kilbride, Chief Clerk

















                                                      Calendar No. 410
116th Congress    }                                     {       Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session       }                                     {      116-212

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            OPERATION STONEGARDEN AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2019

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                February 4, 2020.--Ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                    Affairs, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 2750]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 2750) to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Operation 
Stonegarden grant program, and for other purposes, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an 
amendment (in the nature of a substitute) and recommends that 
the bill (as amended) do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
  I. Purpose and Summary..............................................1
 II. Background and Need for the Legislation..........................2
III. Legislative History..............................................4
 IV. Section-by-Section Analysis......................................4
  V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact..................................5
 VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................5
VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............7

                         I. Purpose and Summary

    S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act, 
authorizes the Operation Stonegarden grant program for $110 
million annually from fiscal year (FY) 2020 through FY 2024. 
Operation Stonegarden is a grant program operated under the 
Department of Homeland Security's (DHS or the Department) 
Homeland Security Grant Program, which provides grants to 
local, state and tribal law enforcement to improve cooperation 
and coordination with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and 
United States Border Patrol (USBP) on border security.\1\
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    \1\On April 16, 2018 the Committee approved H.R. 2825 (115th 
Cong.). Section 1417 of that bill is substantially similar to S. 2750. 
Accordingly, this committee report is in part a reproduction of 
Chairman Johnson's committee report for H.R. 2825, S. Rep. No. 115-351.
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    The grants awarded under the Operation Stonegarden program 
may be used to support equipment acquisition and maintenance, 
personnel, and border security activities. The Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)--the 
agency within DHS responsible for managing the grants issued 
under the Homeland Security Grant Program--must collect and 
maintain information on the Operation Stonegarden grants and 
establish guidelines for oversight of the program as part of S. 
2750. The FEMA Administrator must also develop guidelines for 
financial review of the grants. Finally, the FEMA Administrator 
is required to, in coordination with CBP, report annually from 
FYs 2020 to 2024 to Congress on the expenditure of grants made 
under Operation Stonegarden. Each report must include 
information on how each grant recipient expended the funds and 
a list of all operations carried out using Operation 
Stonegarden grants.

              II. Background and the Need for Legislation

    The Homeland Security Act of 2002 authorized DHS to 
administer Federal homeland security grant programs to assist 
state and local governments and other partners to enhance the 
homeland security enterprise.\2\ Grants issued under the 
Department's Homeland Security Grant Program are used to help 
state and local governments prepare for and respond to 
terrorist attacks, secure critical infrastructure, assist 
nonprofit organizations, and secure high-threat and high-risk 
urban areas.\3\ The Homeland Security Grant Program was 
expanded with the enactment of The Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, which authorized additional 
homeland security grants and mandated some of their allocation 
methodologies.\4\ Operation Stonegarden is one of the grants 
operated under the Department's Homeland Security Grant 
Program.\5\
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    \2\Pub. L. No. 107-296 (2002). Grant programs over time included: 
Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Program, Emergency Management Performance Grant 
Program, Homeland Security Grant Program, State Homeland Security Grant 
Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, Operation Stonegarden, 
Intercity Bus Security Grant Program, Intercity Passenger Rail 
Security--Amtrak Grant Program, Port Security Grant Program, Tribal 
Homeland Security Grant Program, and Transit Security Grant Program. 
See Shawn Reese, Cong. Research Serv., R44669, Department of Homeland 
Security Preparedness Grants: A Summary and Issues, at 2 (Oct. 28, 
2016), https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R44669.pdf.
    \3\Id.
    \4\Pub. L. No. 110-53, 110th Cong. (2007).
    \5\Homeland Security Grants, Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Program, 
http://www.homelandsecuritygrants.info/GrantDetails.aspx?gid=21875 
(last visited Nov. 21, 2019).
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    Operation Stonegarden was expanded in 2006 to ``give states 
additional funding and flexibility to strengthen America's 
borders''.\6\ Recipients of Operation Stonegarden grants 
include states along the northern or southwest borders, and 
other states and territories with international water borders. 
Funds under Operation Stonegarden are provided to state, local, 
tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies for border-
security purposes.\7\ Operation Stonegarden was provided $90 
million in FY 2019\8\ and $85 million in FY 2018.\9\ During FY 
2019, 22 states and territories were allocated funds under 
Operation Stonegarden.\10\ This bill authorizes $110 million 
for each of the FYs 2020 through 2024.
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    \6\G&T Information Bulletin from Tracy Henke, Assistant Sec'y, Fed. 
Emergency Mgmt. Agency, to All State Administrative Heads, All State 
Administrative Agency Points of Contact, and All State Homeland 
Security Directors (Mar. 20, 2006), https://www.fema.gov/media-library-
data/1568206660864-3ee266568513a169d80d05385be50a53/
IB_204_508_review_AB.pdf.
    \7\Homeland Security Grants, Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Program, 
http://www.homelandsecuritygrants.info/GrantDetails.aspx?gid=21875 
(last visited Nov. 21, 2019).
    \8\Press Release, U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., DHS Announces 
Funding Opportunity for FY 2019 Preparedness Grants (Apr. 12, 2019), 
available at https://www.dhs.gov/news/2019/04/12/dhs-announces-funding-
opportunity-fiscal-year-2019-preparedness-grants.
    \9\Press Release, U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., DHS Announces Grant 
Allocations for FY 2018 Preparedness Grants (Aug. 24, 2018), available 
at https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/08/24/dhs-announces-grant-allocations-
fiscal-year-2018-preparedness-grants.
    \10\Announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to 
Members of Congress (Aug. 2, 2019) (on file with Comm. staff).
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    In FY 2019, 977,509 individuals were apprehended or found 
to be inadmissible at the southwest border,\11\ a 72 percent 
increase in comparison to FY 2014. The grants provided by 
Operation Stonegarden have been particularly useful to border 
communities as they are being asked to purchase and operate 
equipment as well as to pay salaries and overtime for border-
security purposes.\12\ According to local law enforcement 
officers, Operation Stonegarden is one of the most effective 
and beneficial programs for certain jurisdictions in securing 
the border.\13\
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    \11\Media Release, U.S. Customs and Border Prot., U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection Announces September Border Enforcement Actions (Oct. 
8, 2019), available at https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-
release/us-customs-and-border-protection-announces-september-border.
    \12\PEW, Immigration Enforcement Along U.S. Borders & at Ports of 
Entry (Feb. 6, 2015), https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-
analysis/issue-briefs/2015/02/immigration-enforcement-along-us-borders-
and-at-ports-of-entry.
    \13\See Securing the Southwest Border: Perspectives from Beyond the 
Beltway: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Homeland Security & 
Governmental Affairs, 114th Cong. (2015); see also U.S. Customs And 
Border Prot., Performance and Accountability Report: FY 2013, 12 (2014) 
(``Stonegarden funds increase operational capabilities for 
multijurisdictional law enforcement entities, promoting a layered, 
coordinated approach to law enforcement.'').
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    The DHS Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) and the 
Government Accountability Office have consistently identified 
issues with the preparedness grants, such as lack of internal 
oversight and metrics to show that the grants are reducing the 
Nation's collective risk.\14\ In a 2016 report to DHS, the DHS 
OIG determined ``that FEMA had not adequately analyzed 
recurring recommendations to implement changes to improve its 
oversight of these grants. This occurred because FEMA did not 
clearly communicate internal roles and responsibilities and did 
not have policies and procedures to conduct substantive trend 
analyses of audit recommendations.''\15\ DHS OIG further 
determined that ``because FEMA regularly waives these 
questioned costs, the subgrantees have no motivation to comply 
with basic contracting and acquisition principles, and the 
problem will continue to fester.''\16\
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    \14\See e.g. U.S. Gov't Accountability Office, GAO-16-38, 
Strengthening Regional Coordination Could Enhance Preparedness Efforts 
(2016), https://www.gao.gov/assets/680/674968.pdf; U.S. Gov't 
Accountability Office, GAO-12-526T, Managing Preparedness Grants and 
Assessing National Capabilities: Continuing Challenges Impede FEMA's 
Progress (2012); Office of Inspector Gen., U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 
OIG-16-49, Analysis of Recurring Audit Recommendations Could Improve 
FEMA's Oversight of HSGP (2016), https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/
2016/OIG-16-49-Mar16.pdf.
    \15\Office of Inspector Gen., U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., OIG-17-
08, Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department 
of Homeland Security, at 6 (Nov. 2016) https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/
default/files/assets/2017/OIG-17-08-Nov16.pdf.
    \16\Preparedness, Response, and Rebuilding: Lessons from the 2017 
Disasters: Hearing Before the H. Comm. on Homeland Sec., 115th Cong. 
(2018) (statement of John Kelly, Acting Inspector Gen., Office of 
Inspector Gen., U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec.).
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    The Operation Stonegarden program is an important tool to 
help protect our borders and prevent drug trafficking by 
ensuring that law enforcement agencies in border communities 
have access to important resources. In conjunction with 
authorizing Operation Stonegarden, this bill requires the 
creation of grants metrics to create transparency and 
accountability within the grant program. Once metrics are 
developed, DHS will be able to measure the programs' 
effectiveness.
    To increase the efficiency of Operation Stonegarden, the 
bill requires that FEMA collect and maintain financial 
information at the award level. It also requires that the FEMA 
Administrator establish guidelines to oversee funding 
requirements and improve program performance. Additionally, to 
ensure more effective oversight of Operation Stonegarden, this 
bill requires that FEMA report to Congress a list of all 
expenditures and operations broken down by recipient.

                        III. Legislative History

    Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) introduced S. 2750, the 
Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act, on October 30, 2019, 
with Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). The bill was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
    The Committee considered S. 2750 at a business meeting on 
November 6, 2019. During the business meeting, a substitute 
amendment was offered by Chairman Ron Johnson and Ranking 
Member Gary Peters and adopted by unanimous consent. Senator 
Carper (D-DE) offered an amendment that requires FEMA to 
conduct oversight of Operation Stonegarden grants and report 
expenditures to Congress. Both amendments were adopted en bloc 
by voice vote, with Senators Johnson, Portman, Paul, Lankford, 
Romney, Scott, Enzi, Hawley, Peters, Carper, Hassan, Sinema, 
and Rosen present.
    The bill, as amended, was ordered reported favorably en 
bloc by voice vote. Senators Johnson, Portman, Paul, Lankford, 
Romney, Scott, Enzi, Hawley, Peters, Carper, Hassan, Sinema, 
and Rosen were present.

        IV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Bill, as Reported


Section 1. Short title

    This section established that the bill may be cited as the 
``Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act.''

Section 2. Operation Stonegarden

    Subsection (a) establishes the Operation Stonegarden grant 
program within the Department, and specifies that the grants 
may be awarded to states that border Canada or Mexico. In 
addition, States and U.S. territories with international 
maritime border may also be eligible to receive grants under 
this program, and eligible law enforcement agencies for 
enhancing border security.
    Subsection (b) defines eligible law enforcement agencies, 
which includes law enforcement agencies within States and 
territories bordering Canada or Mexico. Law enforcement 
agencies involved in ongoing CBP operations are also eligible 
to receive grants under this program.
    Subsection (c) outlines the allowable uses of funds awarded 
under this program. The grant may be used to support, among 
other things, equipment acquisition and maintenance, personnel, 
and border security activities.
    Subsection (d) defines the length of the grant award 
period, which is to be for not less than 36 months.
    Subsection (e) requires the Administrator to separately 
collect and maintain financial information, including but not 
limited to, the amounts awarded, obligated, and outlays under 
the Operation Stonegarden program within 30 days of enactment 
of this bill.
    Subsection (f) requires the Administrator to establish and 
implement guidelines to ensure the proper administration and 
awarding of grants under the Operation Stonegarden program. The 
guidelines established under this bill are to be submitted to 
Congress within 90 days of the bill's enactment.
    Subsection (g) requires the Administrator, in coordination 
with the Commissioner of CBP, to develop guidelines for 
financial review, including the establishment of auditing and 
reporting requirements. Within 90 days of the bill's enactment, 
the financial review guidelines established under this 
subsection are to be submitted to Congress.
    Subsection (h) requires the Administrator, in coordination 
with CBP, to report annually from FY 2020 to FY 2024 to 
Congress on the expenditure of grants made under Operation 
Stonegarden. Each report must include information on how each 
grant recipient expended the funds and the nature of operations 
carried out using Operation Stonegarden grants.
    Subsection (i) authorizes appropriations of $110 million 
annually for Operation Stonegarden from FY 2020 through FY 
2024.

                   V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact

    Pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 11(b) of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee has 
considered the regulatory impact of this bill and determined 
that the bill will have no regulatory impact within the meaning 
of the rules. The Committee agrees with the Congressional 
Budget Office's statement that the bill contains no 
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs 
on state, local, or tribal governments.

             VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                  Washington, DC, January 29, 2020.
Hon. Ron Johnson,
Chairman, U.S. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
        U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 2750, the Operation 
Stonegarden Authorization Act.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Jon Sperl.
            Sincerely,
                                         Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.

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    S. 2750 would codify Operation Stonegarden, a grant program 
administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 
Under the program, FEMA awards grants to state and tribal law 
enforcement agencies to enhance security along the nation's 
borders and to improve coordination between those agencies and 
the federal government. The bill would authorize the 
appropriation of $110 million annually through 2024 to award 
grants.
    CBO assumes that the bill will be enacted in 2020. In 2020, 
FEMA received appropriations totaling $90 million to administer 
the program, thus, CBO estimates $20 million of that total 
authorization would remain effective in 2020. Using information 
provided by FEMA, CBO estimates that, implementing S. 2750 
would cost $412 million over the 2020-2025 period and $49 
million after 2025, assuming appropriation of the authorized 
amounts.
    S. 2750 also would require FEMA to collect and maintain 
information on each grant, establish guidelines for tracking 
program performance and conducting audits, and report 
additional information to the Congress. To implement those 
additional requirements, CBO estimates that FEMA would need to 
hire one additional employee at an average annual cost of about 
$150,000.
    The costs of the legislation (detailed in Table 1) fall 
within budget function 450 (community and regional 
development).

                TABLE 1.--ESTIMATED INCREASES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION UNDER S. 2750
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                                                           By fiscal year, millions of dollars--
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                                             2020a     2021      2022      2023      2024      2025    2020-2025
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Operation Stonegarden Grants:
    Authorization........................        20       110       110       110       110         0        460
    Estimated Outlays....................         8        50        81       100       106        66        411
Administrative Costs:
    Estimated Authorization..............         *         *         *         *         *         *          1
    Estimated Outlays....................         *         *         *         *         *         *          1
    Total Changes:
        Estimated Authorization..........        20       110       110       110       110         *        461
            Estimated Outlays                     8        50        81       110       106        66        412
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Components may not sum to the totals because of rounding,* = between zero and $500,000.
\a\The bill would authorize the appropriation of $110 million in 2020 for Operation Stonegarden. In 2020, the
  Congress provided $90 million for that purpose. Thus, CBO shows an authorization of $20 million in 2020, the
  difference between the authorized amount ($110 million) and the amount appropriated in 2020 ($90 million).

    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jon Sperl. The 
estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director 
of Budget Analysis.

       VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported

    In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows: (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in brackets, new matter is 
printed in italic, and existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002

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SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) * * *
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:
Sec. 1. * * *
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                   Title XX--Homeland Security Grants

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2009. Operation Stonegarden.
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TITLE XX--HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS

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Subtitle A--Grants to State and High-Risk Urban Areas

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SEC. 2002. HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary [through the 
Administrator] may award grants under sections 2003, [and] 
2004, and 2009 to State, tribal, territorial, and local [and 
tribal] governments, as appropriate.

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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 may award grants to States that 
border Canada or Mexico, States with an international maritime 
border, and eligible law enforcement agencies for the purpose 
of enhancing border security.
    (b) Eligible Law Enforcement Agencies.--A law enforcement 
agency is eligible to receive a grant under this section if the 
agency, either directly or through the State in which agency is 
located, if the agency--
          (1) is located in--
                  (A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; or
                  (B) a State or territory with an 
                international maritime border; and
          (2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Customs 
        and Border Protection operation coordinated through a 
        sector office.
    (c) Permitted Uses.--Grant funds received under this 
section may be used by a State or an eligible law enforcement 
agency for--
          (1) equipment, including maintenance and sustainment 
        costs;
          (2) personnel, including overtime and backfill for 
        law enforcement personnel or non-law enforcement 
        personnel who support enhanced border law enforcement 
        activities;
          (3) allowable and approved personnel costs, including 
        salaries, fringe benefits, overtime and backfill for 
        dedicated intelligence analysts supporting Operation 
        Stonegarden operations in support of enhanced border 
        law enforcement activities
          (4) any activity permitted for Operation Stonegarden 
        under--
                  (A) the Department of Homeland Security's 
                most recent Homeland Security Grant Program 
                Notice of Funding Opportunity; or
                  (B) the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 
                Preparedness Grants Manual; and
          (5) any other appropriate activity, as determined by 
        the Secretary.
    (d) Period of Performance.--The Secretary may award grants 
under this section to grant recipients for a period of not less 
than 36 months.
    (e) Collection of Information.--For any FY beginning on or 
after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act for which grants 
are made under Operation Stonegarden, the Administrator shall 
separately collect and maintain financial information with 
respect to grants awarded under Operation Stonegarden, 
including--
          (1) the amount of the awards;
          (2) the amount obligated for the awards;
          (3) the amount of outlays under the awards;
          (4) financial plans with respect to the use of the 
        awards;
          (5) any funding transfers or reallocations; and
          (6) any adjustments to spending plans or 
        reprogramming.
    (f) Administrator Oversight.--
          (1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish 
        and implement guidelines--
                  (A) to ensure that amounts made available 
                under Operation Stonegarden are used in 
                accordance with grant guidance and applicable 
                Federal laws;
                  (B) to increase the proportion of each grant 
                made under Operation Stonegarden that is used 
                for operational expenses by the ultimate 
                grantee;
                  (C) to improve program performance reporting 
                and program performance measurements to 
                facilitate designing, implementing, and 
                enforcing procedures under Operation 
                Stonegarden; and
                  (D) to require the recording of standardized 
                performance data regarding program output.
          (2) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of the Operation Stonegarden 
        Authorization Act, the Administrator shall submit the 
        guidelines established under paragraph (1) to--
                  (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                  (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                  (C) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 
                the House of Representatives.
    (g) Financial Review Guidelines.--
          (1) In general.--The Administrator, in coordination 
        with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection, shall develop and implement guidelines 
        establishing procedures for implementing the auditing 
        and reporting requirements set forth in section 2022 
        with respect to Operation Stonegarden.
          (2) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of the Operation Stonegarden 
        Authorization Act, the Administrator shall submit the 
        guidelines developed under paragraph (1) to the 
        congressional committees listed under subsection 
        (f)(2).
    (h) Report and Briefing.--During each of the FYs 2020 
through 2024, the Administrator, in coordination with the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall 
submit a report and provide a briefing to the congressional 
committees listed under subsection (f)(2) that includes, for 
the period covered by the report--
          (1) information on how each recipient of a grant 
        under Operation Stonegarden expended amounts received 
        under the grant;
          (2) information regarding the nature of operations 
        carried out using amounts made available under 
        Operation Stonegarden; and
          (3) in the first report submitted under this 
        subsection--
                  (A) an examination of the effects changing 
                Operation Stonegarden to award multi-year 
                grants would have on its mission; and
                  (B) the findings and recommendations of the 
                Administrator regarding what changes could 
                improve Operation Stonegarden, which may 
                include feedback from grant recipients.
      (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each of the FYs 2020 
through 2024 for grants under this section.

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