ANTI-Drugs Act

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1857 To statutorily establish Operation Stonegarden, through which eligible law enforcement agencies shall be awarded grants for border security en- hancement. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 7, 2023 Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. HOEVEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting Narcotics 4 and Trafficking officers in Interdicting Drugs Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘ANTI-Drugs Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1857.IS S1857 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1857 IS SEC. 2. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 2 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘SEC. 2010. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 6 Department a program, which shall be known as ‘Oper- 7 ation Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting 8 through the Administrator, shall award grants to eligible 9 law enforcement agencies, through the State administra- 10 tive agency, to enhance border security in accordance with 11 this section. 12 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—A law enforcement 13 agency is eligible to receive a grant under this section if 14 the agency— 15 ‘‘(1) is located in— 16 ‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 17 or 18 ‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 19 border; and 20 ‘‘(2) is involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Cus- 21 toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 22 through a U.S. Border Patrol sector office. 23 ‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—Grant funds received under 24 this section may be used for— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1857.IS S1857 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •S 1857 IS ‘‘(1) equipment, including maintenance and 1 sustainment costs; 2 ‘‘(2) personnel, including overtime and backfill, 3 in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac- 4 tivities; 5 ‘‘(3) any activity permitted for Operation 6 Stonegarden under the Department of Homeland 7 Security’s most recent Homeland Security Grant 8 Program Notice of Funding Opportunity; and 9 ‘‘(4) any other appropriate activity, as deter- 10 mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 11 Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec- 12 tion. 13 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 14 shall award grants under this section to grant recipients 15 for a period of not less than 3 years. 16 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each of the fiscal years 2024 17 through 2028, the Administrator shall submit a report to 18 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 19 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 20 Security of the House of Representatives containing infor- 21 mation on the expenditure of grants made under this sec- 22 tion by each grant recipient. 23 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 24 is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1857.IS S1857 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •S 1857 IS of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under 1 this section.’’. 2 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2002(a) of 3 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 6 the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 7 2004, 2009, and 2010 to State, local, and tribal govern- 8 ments, as appropriate.’’. 9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 10 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 11 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 12 2009 the following: 13 ‘‘Sec. 2010. Operation Stonegarden.’’. SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG 14 TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM. 15 Section 707(p) of the Office of National Drug Con- 16 trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 17 1706(p)) is amended to read as follows: 18 ‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 19 is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National 20 Drug Control Policy $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal 21 years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section.’’. 22 SEC. 4. COPS GRANT PROGRAM. 23 Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 24 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1857.IS S1857 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •S 1857 IS (1) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 1 following: 2 ‘‘(m) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 3 date of the enactment of the ANTI-Drugs Act, the Attor- 4 ney General shall submit a report to Congress that in- 5 cludes a description of efforts made by the Office of Com- 6 munity Oriented Policing Services— 7 ‘‘(1) to improve and streamline the grant appli- 8 cation and solicitation process under this section to 9 increase applications for grants it administers from 10 eligible local governments, including— 11 ‘‘(A) local governments in rural areas; and 12 ‘‘(B) law enforcement agencies with fewer 13 than 200 sworn officers; 14 ‘‘(2) to address barriers in the grant application 15 and solicitation process that prevent eligible govern- 16 ments in rural and underserved areas from utilizing 17 the COPS Hiring Program and other grants it ad- 18 ministers; and 19 ‘‘(3) to conduct additional outreach and provide 20 technical assistance to eligible local governments in 21 rural and underserved areas to increase utilization of 22 grants it administers.’’; and 23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1857.IS S1857 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6 •S 1857 IS ‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Commu- 2 nity Oriented Policing Services to carry out this part 3 $665,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 4 2028.’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1857.IS S1857 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB