HR506Referred to Committee
Security First Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-16
Introduced
15
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Tony Gonzales
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 99.1% (427 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/G000594
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (15)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityReferred To · 2025-01-16
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-01-16
Plain-English Summary
Security First Act This bill reauthorizes the Operation Stonegarden program from FY2025 through FY2028 and addresses other border security issues. (Operation Stonegarden provides grants to enhance the border security capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments.) From FY2025 through FY2028, the money from unreported monetary instruments seized from individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and transferred into the Department of the Treasury general fund shall be made available without further appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fund Operation Stonegarden. DHS must report to Congress on (1) DHS hiring practices from 2018 to 2024, and (2) whether certain criminal gangs and Mexican drug cartels meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. DHS must also periodically report to Congress about the technology needed to secure the U.S.-Mexico land border.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Immigration
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