Sec. 90005. State and local assistance
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to be administered under the State Homeland Security Grant Program authorized under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 605 ), to enhance State, local, and Tribal security through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities— $500,000,000 for State and local capabilities to detect, identify, track, or monitor threats from unmanned aircraft systems (as such term is defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code), consistent with titles 18 and 49 of the United States Code; $625,000,000 for security and other costs related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup; $1,000,000,000 for security, planning, and other costs related to the 2028 Olympics; and $450,000,000 for the Operation Stonegarden Grant Program.
None of the funds made available under subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(1)shall be subject to the requirements of section 2004(e)(1) or section 2008(a)(12) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 605(e)(1) , 609(a)(12)). There is established, in the Department of Homeland Security, a fund to be known as the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Fund for grants to eligible States and units of local government for any of the following purposes: Construction or installation of a border wall, border fencing or other barrier, or buoys along the southern border of the United States, which may include planning, procurement of materials, and personnel costs related to such construction or installation. Any work necessary to prepare the ground at or near land borders to allow construction and maintenance of a border wall or other barrier fencing. Detection and interdiction of illicit substances and aliens who have unlawfully entered the United States and have committed a crime under Federal, State, or local law, and transfer or referral of such aliens to the Department of Homeland Security as provided by law. Relocation of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from small population centers to other domestic locations. In addition to amounts otherwise available for the purposes described in paragraph (2), there is appropriated for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Homeland Security for the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund established by paragraph (1), $10,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2034, for qualified expenses for such purposes. The Secretary of Homeland Security may provide grants from the fund established by paragraph
(1)to State agencies and units of local governments for expenditures made for completed, ongoing, or new activities, in accordance with law, that occurred on or after January 20, 2021. Each State desiring to apply for a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary containing such information in support of the application as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require that each State include in its application the purposes for which the State seeks the funds and a description of how the State plans to allocate the funds. The Secretary shall begin to accept applications not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall authorize any State or local government to exercise immigration or border security authorities reserved exclusively to the Federal Government under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ) or the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq. ). The Federal Emergency Management Agency may use not more than 1 percent of the funds made available under this subsection for the purpose of administering grants provided for in this section.
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