[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 816 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 816

To establish the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund and to transfer 
    unobligated amounts from the Coronavirus State and local fiscal 
recovery funds to such Fund to construct and maintain physical barriers 
                       along the southern border.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2025

  Mr. Shreve introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund and to transfer 
    unobligated amounts from the Coronavirus State and local fiscal 
recovery funds to such Fund to construct and maintain physical barriers 
                       along the southern border.

    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 ``Build the Wall Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SOUTHERN BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the general fund of the 
Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the ``Southern 
Border Wall Construction Fund'' (referred to in this section as the 
``Fund'').
    (b) Deposits.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there 
shall be immediately deposited into the Fund all of the unobligated 
amounts in the Coronavirus State and local fiscal recovery funds 
established under sections 602 and 603 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 802 and 803).
    (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to construct and maintain physical 
barriers along the southern international border of the United States.
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