[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7207 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7207

 To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to 
  fund the construction of a barrier on the border between the United 
               States and Mexico and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2018

 Mr. Davidson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to 
  fund the construction of a barrier on the border between the United 
               States and Mexico 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. BORDER WALL TRUST FUND.

    (a) Border Wall Trust Fund.--At the end of subchapter III of 
chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, insert the following:
``Sec. 3344. Border wall trust fund.
    ``(a) Authority To Receive Gifts.--Notwithstanding section 3113, 
the Secretary of the Treasury may accept for the Government a gift of 
money on the condition that it be used to plan, design, construct, or 
maintain a barrier along the international border between the United 
States and Mexico.
    ``(b) Trust Fund.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall--
            ``(1) establish an account, to be known as the `Border Wall 
        Trust Fund', into which money received as gifts under this 
        section shall be deposited; and
            ``(2) create a publically accessible website to receive 
        such gifts.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for chapter 33 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the 
following:

``3344. Border Wall Trust Fund.''.
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