Border Patrol First Act

Border Patrol First Act

This bill transfers $240 million previously made available to the Department of State for refugee and humanitarian assistance to the Department of Homeland Security. The transferred funds shall be available (1) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities, and (2) to reimburse the states of Texas and Arizona for activities related to border security.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9238 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9238

 To transfer certain amounts authorized to be appropriated for foreign 
assistance to the Department of Homeland Security for programs securing 
   the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2022

 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Flores, Mr. Van 
Drew, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Carey, and Ms. Foxx) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer certain amounts authorized to be appropriated for foreign 
assistance to the Department of Homeland Security for programs securing 
   the southern border of the United States, and for other 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 ``Border Patrol First Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER REQUIRED.

    Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to the 
Department of State for refugee and migration assistance and for 
humanitarian assistance in Central America, $240,000,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with amounts made available to the Department 
of Homeland Security--
            (1) for the programs, projects, and activities of U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection along the southern international 
        border of the United States; and
            (2) to reimburse the States of Texas and Arizona for 
        programs, projects, or activities conducted by such States 
        relating to securing the southern international border of the 
        United States.
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