Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Lone Star Reimbursement Act”.
Lone Star Reimbursement Act
A BILL
To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Findings; sense of Congress
Findings— Congress finds the following:
The House of Representatives first recognized the security of our Nation’s borders as a matter of national security in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
Operation Lone Star has led to over 348,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 24,000 criminal arrests, with more than 22,000 felony charges reported.
Operation Lone Star is responsible for the seizure of over 361 million lethal doses of fentanyl.
Sense of Congress— It is the sense of Congress that Operation Lone Star has been a tremendous help to stem the tide of illegal immigration and its members should be recognized for their efforts.
Sec. 3 Reimbursement
Of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2024, $2,200,000,000 from each such Department shall be expended in the form of reimbursements to the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.