Border Security and Enforcement Block Grant Act of 2024
HR 8256, the Border Security and Enforcement Block Grant Act of 2024, creates a federal grant program administered by FEMA to provide funding to eligible states along the southwest border for border barrier projects. States must demonstrate a need for barrier construction, maintenance, or repair and submit applications detailing how funds will be used. The bill authorizes $60 million from unobligated Customs and Border Protection funds immediately, plus $110 million annually for fiscal years 2025-2027, to cover barrier-related costs like equipment, personnel, and repairs. It requires states to document alleged losses from lacking barriers and mandates annual reports to Congress on fund usage. The program expires after fiscal year 2027.
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Introduced May 6, 2024
Last action May 6, 2024
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May 6, 2024
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
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May 6, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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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May 6, 2024
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Michael T. McCaul
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