H.R. 8143 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8143 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 17, 2022Mr. Fallon (for himself, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Williams of Texas, Ms. Granger, and Mr. Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 A BILL To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lone Star Reimbursement Act. 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The House of Representatives recognized the security of our Nation’s borders as a matter of national security in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. (2) The Texas Military Department has reported 48,900 migrants attempting to cross the Texas Mexico Border. (3) The Texas Military Department has apprehended and referred over 134,000 migrants to law enforcement. (4) The Texas Military Department has turned back and denied the crossing into Texas of 16,700 migrants resulting in no mass migrations across the border during Operation Lone Star. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that Operation Lone Star has been a tremendous help to stem the tide of illegal immigration and its members should be recognized for their efforts. 3. Reimbursement Of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, $1,434,094,366 shall be expended in the form of reimbursements to the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.