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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8992 (Introduced in House) — Making appropriations to improve border security, imposing new reporting requirements relating to border security, an... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Funding

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There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, $3,409,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to support and enhance law enforcement capabilities at land borders of the United States, of which— $300,000,000 shall be for additional civilian U.S. Border Patrol processing coordinators; $1,750,000,000 shall be for additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, U.S.
Border Patrol agents, and mission support staff within the Office of Field Operations and U.S. Border Patrol; $950,000,000 shall be for hiring bonuses, retention bonuses, and retention-focused support services, including mental health services, for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents, U.S. Border Patrol processing coordinators, and any other U.S. Customs and Border Protection staff whose work supports operations at the land borders of the United States; and $409,000,000 shall be for U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services–Operations and Support to contribute to improved operations along the land borders of the United States. There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, $1,090,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to increase drug interdiction and processing capabilities at land borders of the United States, of which— $960,000,000 shall be for technology improvements and upgrades, which may include— the procurement and deployment of large-scale, small-scale, and handheld non-intrusive inspection scanning systems at ports of entry along the land borders of the United States; and upgrades to the information technology infrastructure upon which these systems and associated software are operated; $30,000,000 shall be for technological and procedural improvements to the process of analyzing and adjudicating images from non-intrusive inspection scanning technology at land ports of entry, which may include support for the continued development of anomaly detection algorithms to enhance detection of illegal drugs at land ports of entry; and $100,000,000 shall be for other technology and infrastructure upgrades that the Commissioner for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection deems necessary for the agency's drug interdiction work. There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, $285,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, for increasing outbound inspection capabilities, including disrupting the flow of firearms and currency out of the United States, of which— $10,000,000 shall be for supporting the creation of a structured outbound inspection program within the Office of Field Operations that includes a comprehensive outbound inspection policy and performance metrics to measure the impact of outbound inspections; and $275,000,000 shall be for outbound inspections infrastructure projects at the land borders of the United States, including— technology and connectivity improvements at rural ports of entry; and safety and technology upgrades to outbound inspection lanes at ports of entry.
There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025— $223,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand efforts to interdict fentanyl and other illegal drugs, and disrupt networks operated by transnational criminal organizations within the United States, of which— $113,000,000 shall be for additional Homeland Security Investigations special agents; $80,000,000 shall be for the implementation of Homeland Security Investigations’ Strategy for Combating Illicit Opioids; and $30,000,000 shall be for joint surge operations along the land borders of the United States by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection; $128,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Drug Enforcement Administration, of which— $68,000,000 shall be for salaries and expenses relating to increased law enforcement activities along the land borders of the United States; and $60,000,000 shall be for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Department of Justice for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces; and $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the U.S.
Marshals Service for salaries and expenses relating to increased law enforcement activities along the land borders of the United States.
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