,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #a1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,yoho 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1
 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4        
,mc,allister7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on           
,appropriations1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for ,state       
enforcement of border security1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,border ,state 
,protection ,act of #bjad4  #b4         
,findings ,the ,congress finds as       
follows3  7#a7 it is the role of the    
,federal ,government to establish and   
enforce the immigration and             
naturalization laws of the ,united      
,states2  7#b7 under article ,,iv1      

section #d of the ,constitution1 the    
,united ,states shall protect each      
,state against ,invasion2  7#c7 the     
,federal ,government has failed to      
secure the border with ,mexico2  7#d7   
the border states are financially       
burdened by having to use their own     
funds and resources to deal with illegal
 immigrants entering their borders2 and 
7#e7 the ,federal ,government has failed
 to protect the border states4  #c4 ,in 
general  7a7 ,states authorized ,to act 
,the governor of any ,state that is on  
an international border of the ,united  
,states is hereby authorized to take    
such actions as may be necessary to     
establish operational control of that   
portion of the international border that
 are within that ,state4  7b7           
,operational control ,the term          
operational control has the meaning     
given such term in section #b7;b7 of the
 ,secure ,fence ,act of #bjjf 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #agja note74  7c7 ,limitation 
on liability ,a ,state may not be held  

liable in any ,federal action for any   
act taken pursuant to this ,act that is 
otherwise in conformity with law4  #d4  
,costs of controlling the international 
border  7a7 ,report ,during fiscal year 
#bjad and each fiscal year thereafter1  
the governor of any ,state may submit a 
report to ,congress detailing the costs 
7expressed as a dollar amount7 incurred 
by such ,state in carrying out section  
#c4  7b7 ,calculation ,on the last day  
of fiscal year #bjad and the last day of
 each fiscal year thereafter1 ,congress 
shall calculate the total amount of     
costs detailed in the reports submitted 
during such fiscal year under subsection
 7a74  7c7 ,rescission ,consistent with 
the requirements of subsections 7d7 and 
7e71 on the first day of fiscal year    
#bjae and the first day of each fiscal  
year thereafter1 there is rescinded from
 unobligated amounts available for      
,executive ,office of the ,president and
 ,funds ,appropriated to the ,president 
an amount equal to the total dollar     

amount 7if any7 calculated under        
subsection 7b7 for the fiscal year      
ending immediately before such day4  7d7
 ,limitation ,any rescission under      
subsection 7c7 may not rescind more than
 #ej percent of the fund made available 
to the ,executive ,office of the        
,president and ,funds ,appropriated to  
the ,president in the fiscal year in    
which such rescission occurs4  7e7      
,rescission from foreign aid ,any amount
 that would be rescinded in a fiscal    
year from ,executive ,office of the     
,president and ,funds ,appropriated to  
the ,president but for the application  
of subsection 7d7 shall be rescinded    
from the discretionary appropriations   
made available in such fiscal year for  
non-security foreign aid to ,mexico1 ,el
 ,salvador1 ,honduras1 and ,guatemala4