State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023

1/18/2024, 8:59 AM

State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023

This bill requires the federal government to reimburse eligible states for their border security expenses.

To be eligible, a state must have expended more than $2.5 billion on border security and enforcement in the 10 years before this bill's enactment. If such a state provides by a certain deadline an accounting of all of its nonfederally funded border security expenses, the federal government must reimburse the full amount.

Congress
118

Number
HR - 712

Introduced on
2023-02-01

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

2/1/2023

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023

This bill requires the federal government to reimburse eligible states for their border security expenses.

To be eligible, a state must have expended more than $2.5 billion on border security and enforcement in the 10 years before this bill's enactment. If such a state provides by a certain deadline an accounting of all of its nonfederally funded border security expenses, the federal government must reimburse the full amount.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo reimburse the States for border security expenses, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Immigration

Potential Impact
Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/6/2023

State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023

This bill requires the federal government to reimburse eligible states for their border security expenses.

To be eligible, a state must have expended more than $2.5 b...


Latest Action2/1/2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.