[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 796 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 796

 To provide appropriations to secure the southern border of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2019

 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the 
 Judiciary, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Ways and Means, 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 concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide appropriations to secure the southern border of the United 
                    States, 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 ``Savings Through Security Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECURING THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

    (a) Appropriation.--Subject to subsection (c), there is hereby 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sums as the Secretary of Homeland Security may from 
time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury are necessary for 
the Department of Homeland Security to procure and deploy the necessary 
infrastructure, technology, and manpower to secure the international 
border between the United States and Mexico.
    (b) Availability.--Amounts appropriated under this section shall 
remain available until expended.
    (c) Maximum Appropriation.--Not more than $5,700,000,000 in total 
may be appropriated under the authority provided by this section.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPENDITURES ON UNAUTHORIZED 
              ALIENS.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the head of each department or agency listed in 
subsection (b) shall submit to Congress and transmit to the Secretary 
of the Treasury a report describing each amount such department or 
agency has expended in the previous fiscal year on activities relating 
to aliens unlawfully present in the United States.
    (b) Departments and Agencies Listed.--The departments and agencies 
listed in this subsection are the following:
            (1) The Department of Education.
            (2) The Department of Justice.
            (3) The Department of Homeland Security.
            (4) The Department of Agriculture.
            (5) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

SEC. 4. REMISSION OF COST SAVINGS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the end of the first 
fiscal year in which an amount is obligated pursuant to the 
appropriation in section 2(a), and annually thereafter until the 
obligation of the maximum amount described in section 2(c), the head of 
each department or agency listed in section 3(b) shall remit to the 
general fund of the Treasury an amount, to be derived from the 
unobligated balances of each appropriate account of such department or 
agency, that is equal to the extent to which the head of such 
department or agency determines that such balance remains unobligated 
because of the expenditures by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
pursuant to the appropriation under section 2(a), to secure the 
international border between the United States and Mexico.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not later than November 1 of the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the head of each department or agency listed in 
section 3(b) shall jointly submit to Congress a report including any 
amount saved by each such department or agency on expenditures relating 
to aliens unlawfully present in the United States in the preceding 
fiscal year because of the expenditures of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, pursuant to the appropriation under section 2(a), to secure 
the international border between the United States and Mexico.
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