89R14259 CS-D     By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3371       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the recovery of certain state border security   expenditures from the federal government.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 401.106 to read as follows:          Sec. 401.106.  RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY   EXPENDITURES. (a)  The governor may submit to the United States   Congress an application for reimbursement requesting payment for   expenses incurred by this state during a period specified in the   application for activities related to securing the southern   international border of the United States of America.          (b)  The application for reimbursement must include the   amount of expenses incurred by this state during the period   specified in the application for which this state seeks   reimbursement and clearly provide that payment in full is due from   the federal government as soon as practicable.          (c)  If the total amount requested in an application   submitted under Subsection (a) is not paid within a reasonable   period prescribed by Subsection (b), the attorney general may bring   an action in the name of the state against the appropriate agency of   the federal government to recover the amount due as stated in the   application or any part of that amount that remains unpaid.          (d)  Any amount received from the federal government under   this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit   of the general revenue fund.          (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,   the initial application for reimbursement submitted by the governor   under Subsection (a) must include a request for payment of at least   the following amounts:                (1)  $4,720,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium   ending August 31, 2023; and                (2)  $6,540,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium   ending August 31, 2025.          (f)  Subsection (e) and this subsection expire August 31,   2026.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.