118 S4392 IS: Build the Wall Act of 2024 U.S. Senate 2024-05-22 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.

II118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4392IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 22, 2024Mr. 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 FinanceA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Build the Wall Act of 2024.

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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.