Repaying the Rural Borderlands Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reimburse individuals, entities, and state and local governments for damage to property caused by aliens entering the United States along the southern border. DHS must also reimburse local governments for the costs of providing care, such as housing and schooling, to such aliens.
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reimburse eligible 
   persons harmed by certain policies of the Department of Homeland 
                   Security, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Repaying the Rural Borderlands Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
              POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make 
payments to eligible persons to reimburse such persons for--
            (1) damage to real or personal property caused by aliens 
        entering the United States along the southern border, including 
        harm to livestock, destruction of fences, destruction of crops, 
        damage to buildings, damage to infrastructure, such as an 
        irrigation pipe, and environmental damage; or
            (2) in the case of a unit of local government, the 
        provision of care to aliens entering the United States along 
        the southern border.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``eligible person'' means an individual, an 
        entity, a unit of local government, or a State.
            (2) The term ``provision of care'' includes the provision 
        of housing, transportation, health care, school, and food.
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Repaying the Rural Borderlands Act of 2021
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reimburse eligible persons harmed by certain policies of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Repaying the Rural Borderlands Act of 2021
Rep. Herrell, Yvette