[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8143 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8143

 To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2022

 Mr. Fallon (for himself, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
   Mr. Cloud, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
Williams of Texas, Ms. Granger, and Mr. Babin) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, 
                        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 ``Lone Star Reimbursement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The House of Representatives recognized the security of 
        our Nation's borders as a matter of national security in the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
            (2) The Texas Military Department has reported 48,900 
        migrants attempting to cross the Texas Mexico Border.
            (3) The Texas Military Department has apprehended and 
        referred over 134,000 migrants to law enforcement.
            (4) The Texas Military Department has turned back and 
        denied the crossing into Texas of 16,700 migrants resulting in 
        no mass migrations across the border during Operation Lone 
        Star.
    (b) 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 for fiscal year 2022, $1,434,094,366 shall be 
expended in the form of reimbursements to the State of Texas for the 
costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
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