January 9, 2025
Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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.