HR 506 · in committee · significant
Security First Act
- defense
What this bill does
- This bill reauthorizes the Operation Stonegarden program through 2028 to fund border security grants for state, local, and tribal governments.
- State and local law enforcement agencies, tribal governments, and the Department of Homeland Security are affected by this authorization.
- The program will be funded through seized monetary instruments from border crossings from FY2025-FY2028 without requiring new appropriations.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should seized assets from border crossings be allocated between funding border security grants versus other federal priorities?
- 02
What evidence exists that Operation Stonegarden funding has improved coordination between state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement?
- 03
Which border communities and tribal nations would benefit most from this reauthorization, and how should effectiveness be measured?
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Sponsor · R-TX-23
Tony Gonzales
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
15/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-16
Joining the bill
Randy K. Weber, Sr.
R-TX-14 · original
Dan Crenshaw
R-TX-2 · original
Juan Ciscomani
R-AZ-6 · original
Monica De La Cruz
R-TX-15 · original
Gabe Evans
R-CO-8 · original
Randy Feenstra
R-IA-4 · original
Clay Higgins
R-LA-3 · original
Ashley Hinson
R-IA-2 · original
Young Kim
R-CA-40 · original
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
R-NJ-7 · original
James C. Moylan
R-GU · original
Brian Babin
R-TX-36 · original
+ 3 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-16 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
2025-01-16 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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