[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4392 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4392
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 22, 2024
Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cotton, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Risch, and Ms. Ernst)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
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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 2024''.
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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