[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6923 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6923

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete at least 700 
miles of reinforced fencing along the Southwest border by December 31, 
                     2010, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2008

Mr. Barrett of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete at least 700 
miles of reinforced fencing along the Southwest border by December 31, 
                     2010, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Complete the Fence Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF REINFORCED FENCING ALONG SOUTHWEST BORDER.

    Section 102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``Fencing that does not effectively restrain 
        pedestrian traffic (such as vehicle barriers and virtual 
        fencing) may not be used to meet the 700-mile fence requirement 
        under this subparagraph.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) not later than December 31, 2010, 
                        complete the construction of all the reinforced 
                        fencing and the installation of the related 
                        equipment described in subparagraph (A).''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                            ``(iii) Funding not contingent on 
                        consultation.--Amounts appropriated to carry 
                        out this paragraph may not be impounded or 
                        otherwise withheld for failure to fully comply 
                        with the consultation requirement under clause 
                        (i).''.

SEC. 3. PROGRESS REPORT.

    Not later than June 30, 2009, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit a report to Congress that describes--
            (1) the progress made in completing the reinforced fencing 
        required under section 102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
        Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 
        note), as amended by this Act; and
            (2) the plans for completing such fencing before December 
        31, 2010.
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