Security First Act
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Security First Act
This bill reauthorizes the Operation Stonegarden program from FY2025 through FY2028 and addresses other border security issues. (Operation Stonegarden provides grants to enhance the border security capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments.)
From FY2025 through FY2028, the money from unreported monetary instruments seized from individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and transferred into the Department of the Treasury general fund shall be made available without further appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fund Operation Stonegarden.
DHS must report to Congress on (1) DHS hiring practices from 2018 to 2024, and (2) whether certain criminal gangs and Mexican drug cartels meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. DHS must also periodically report to Congress about the technology needed to secure the U.S.-Mexico land border.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 506: Security First Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-506/
"H.R. 506: Security First Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-506/.
H.R. 506, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-506/.
[H.R. 506: Security First Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-506/)