118 HR 4904 IH: Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-07-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4904IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 26, 2023Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Babin, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Self, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Baird, Mr. DesJarlais, and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, 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 concernedA BILLTo establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States and award grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act of 2023.

2.

Funds established for certain purposes

(a)

Southern Border Wall Fulfillment Fund

(1)

Establishment

There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a separate account which shall be known as the Southern Border Wall Fulfillment Fund. (2)

Funding

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be deposited in the fund any amount of assets seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from a cartel. (3)

Fund uses

Money from this 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. (b)

Combating The Fentanyl Epidemic Fund

(1)

Establishment

There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a separate account which shall be known as the Combating The Fentanyl Epidemic Fund. (2)

Funding

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be deposited in the fund any amount of assets seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from a cartel. (3)

Fund uses

(A)

In general

Money from this fund shall be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a grant to be awarded to eligible entities that help address the fentanyl crisis. (B)

Eligible organizations

In this paragraph, the term eligible entities includes— (i)State and local law enforcement agencies; (ii)State and local health and human services agencies; (iii)rehabilitation facilities; and (iv)drug-use prevention advocacy organizations. (c)

Distribution of funds

Any amount of assets seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from a cartel shall be distributed equally between the funds established in subsections (a) and (b). (d)

Definitions

In this section: (1)

Assets seized

The term assets seized includes any money seized or the proceeds from any assets seized and sold at auction. (2)

Cartel

The term cartel means— (A)any organization with known operations in Mexico and the United States that has been designated as a significant transnational criminal organization under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations; (B)any of the organizations known as— (i)the Sinaloa Cartel; (ii)the Jalisco New Generation Cartel; (iii)the Gulf Cartel; (iv)the Los Zetas Cartel; (v)the Juarez Cartel; (vi)the Tijuana Cartel; (vii)the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; (viii)La Familia Michoacana, also known as the Knights Templar Cartel; or (ix)La Nueva Familia Michoacan; (C)any other organization that the President determines is a transnational criminal organization with operations in Mexico and the United States; or (D)any successor organization to an organization described in subparagraph (B) or as otherwise determined by the President.