119-s1790

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1790 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1790

To establish the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund and the State 
 Criminal Alien Prosecution and Detention Fund, to make appropriations 
 to each of these funds, and to authorize the use of such amounts for 
 grants to eligible States, State agencies, and units of local 
 government for specified purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 15, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
 and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

To establish the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund and the State 
 Criminal Alien Prosecution and Detention Fund, to make appropriations 
 to each of these funds, and to authorize the use of such amounts for 
 grants to eligible States, State agencies, and units of local 
 government for specified 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 ``State Border Security Assistance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE BORDER SECURITY REINFORCEMENT FUND.

    (a) Establishment of Fund.--There is established, in the Department 
of Homeland Security, a fund, which shall be known as the ``State 
Border Security Reinforcement Fund'' (referred to in this section as 
the ``Fund''). The Secretary of Homeland Security shall use amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the Fund for grants to 
eligible States, State agencies, including National Guard units, and 
units of local government for any of the following purposes:

    (1) Construction or installation of a border wall, border 
 fencing, or other barriers or buoys along the southern border 
 of the United States, which may include planning, procurement 
 of materials, and personnel costs related to such construction.

    (2) Any work necessary to prepare the ground at or near the 
 United States border to allow construction or maintenance of a 
 border wall or other barrier fencing or effective surveillance.

    (3) Information-gathering and surveillance to detect and 
 interdict the unlawful entry of persons or contraband across 
 the United States border.

    (4) Relocation of aliens who are unlawfully present in the 
 United States from small population centers.

    (b) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available for 
the purposes described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (4) of subsection

    (a) , 
there is appropriated in fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Homeland 
Security for the Fund, $11,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2034, for qualified expenses that meet the purposes 
described in subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Grant Eligibility of Completed, Ongoing, or New Activities.--
The Secretary of Homeland Security may provide grants under subsection

    (a) to State agencies and units of local government for expenditures 
they made for completed, ongoing, or new activities determined to be 
eligible for such grant funding that occurred on or after January 20, 
2021.
            (d) Sunset.--The Fund shall terminate on January 20, 2029. Any 
unobligated amounts remaining in the Fund on that date shall be 
returned to the Treasury of the United States for deficit reduction 
purposes.

SEC. 3. STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN PROSECUTION AND DETENTION FUND.

    (a) Establishment of Fund.--There is established, in the Department 
of Justice, a fund, which shall be known as the ``State Criminal Alien 
Prosecution and Detention Fund'' (referred to in this section as the 
``Fund''). The Attorney General shall use amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the Fund for grants to eligible States, 
State agencies, including National Guard units, and units of local 
government for any of the following purposes:

    (1) Locating and apprehending aliens who are unlawfully 
 present in the United States or have committed a crime under 
 Federal, State, or local law.

    (2) Intelligence and information-gathering to counter gang 
 activity.

    (3) Investigating and prosecuting crimes committed by 
 aliens and drug and human trafficking crimes.

    (4) Court operations related to the prosecution of crimes 
 committed by aliens and drug and human trafficking crimes.

    (5) Temporarily detaining aliens, including costs related 
 to facility operations, personnel, and health and safety 
 related services.

    (6) Transporting aliens described in paragraph

    (1) to 
 locations related to their apprehension, detention, and 
 prosecution.

    (7) Vehicle maintenance, logistics, transportation, and 
 other support provided to law enforcement agencies by a State 
 agency to enhance their ability to locate and apprehend aliens 
 who have unlawfully entered the United States or have committed 
 crimes under Federal, State, or local law.

    (b) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available for 
the purposes described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (6) of subsection

    (a) , 
there is appropriated in fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Justice for 
the Fund, $3,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2034, 
for qualified expenses that achieve any such purposes.
            (c) Grant Eligibility of Completed, Ongoing, or New Activities.--
The Attorney General may provide grants under subsection

    (a) to State 
agencies and units of local government for expenditures they made for 
completed, ongoing, or new activities determined to be eligible for 
such grant funding that occurred on or after January 20, 2021.
            (d) Sunset.--The Fund shall terminate on January 20, 2029. Any 
unobligated amounts remaining in the Fund on that date shall be 
returned to the Treasury of the United States for deficit reduction 
purposes.
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