Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Act of 2006

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Act of 2006 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to authorize a border state (a state that shares a border with Canada or Mexico or a political subdivision of such a state) to use up to 75% of the minimum amount allocated to the state under the state and local domestic preparedness support grant program to build a physical barrier near the U.S. border to deter illegal crossings and for incidental costs.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5484 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5484

   To allow border States to use a portion of certain Department of 
 Homeland Security grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal 
                               crossings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2006

 Mr. McHenry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow border States to use a portion of certain Department of 
 Homeland Security grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal 
                               crossings.

    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 ``Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS FOR BUILDING 
              BARRIER AT BORDER PERMITTED.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3714(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Use of Grant Amounts.--
            ``(1) In general.--Grants under this section may be used to 
        purchase needed equipment and to provide training and technical 
        assistance to State and local first responders. In addition, 
        grants under this section may be used to construct, develop, 
        expand, modify, operate, or improve facilities to provide 
        training or assistance to State and local first responders.
            ``(2) Additional use for border state.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A border State may use up to 75 
                percent of the minimum amount allocated to the State 
                under this section to build a physical barrier near the 
                United States border to deter illegal crossings, and 
                for costs incidental thereto.
                    ``(B) Border state defined.--In this paragraph, the 
                term `border State' means--
                            ``(i) a State that shares a border with 
                        Canada or Mexico; or
                            ``(ii) a political subdivision of such a 
                        State.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
grants made for fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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