,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ae1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,williams of ,texas introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to reimburse the ,state of     
,texas for expenses incurred for        
activities conducted relating to        
securing the southern international     
border of the ,united ,states1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,operation     
,lone ,star ,reimbursement ,act4  #b4   
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the ,federal ,government is      
primarily responsible for securing the  
borders of the ,united ,states at and   
between ports of entry4  7#b7 ,due to   
the lack of action by the ,federal      
,government1 the ,state of ,texas has   
been forced to continually appropriate  
funds to secure the southern border of  
the ,united ,states4  7#c7 ,texas has   
taken these actions to help maintain    

safety and security for all citizens    
across the ,united ,states by protecting
 against the criminal acts of-- 7,a7    
human trafficking2  7,b7 sex            
trafficking2  7,c7 drug proliferation2  
7,d7 illicit movement of weapons and    
contraband2  7,e7 criminal              
organizations2 and  7,f7 unlawful entry4
  7#d7 ,the amount the ,state of ,texas 
spent on border security to combat these
 criminal acts was-- 7,a7 more than     
#hjj1jjj1jjj in the years #bjbj through 
#bjba2 and  7,b7 more than              
#b1ibf1djj1jjj in the years #bjbb       
through #bjbc4  7#e7 ,the ,state of     
,texas plans to spend an additional     
#d1fjj1jjj1jjj to secure the border in  
the years #bjbd through #bjbe4  #c4     
,reimbursements for the ,state of ,texas
  7a7 ,application for reimbursement    
,the ,governor of ,texas shall submit to
 the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
and the ,secretary of the ,treasury an  
application for reimbursement1 which    
shall include-- 7#a7 a list of expenses 

incurred by the ,state of ,texas for    
activities conducted relating to        
securing the southern international     
border of the ,united ,states during the
 years #bjbj1 #bjba1 #bjbb1 #bjbc1 and  
#bjbd2 and  7#b7 the total amount of    
expenses incurred for such activities4  
7b7 ,reimbursement ,not later than #fj  
days after the ,state of ,texas submits 
an application for reimbursement        
pursuant to subsection 7a71 the         
,secretary of the ,treasury shall pay to
 the ,state of ,texas1 out of any       
amounts in the ,treasury not otherwise  
appropriated1 an amount equal to the    
total amount of expenses described in   
subsection 7a77#b74