[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 588 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 588

   To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer, without 
 reimbursement, materials to construct roadways and physical barriers 
 along the southern border of the United States to the Governments of 
the States in which such materials are located, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2023

 Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Carey, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Fallon, and Mr. 
   Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer, without 
 reimbursement, materials to construct roadways and physical barriers 
 along the southern border of the United States to the Governments of 
the States in which such materials are located, 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 ``Border Construction Materials 
Transfer Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF BARRIER AND ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO STATE 
              GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Transfer of Covered Materials.--Beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
transfer, without reimbursement--
            (1) all covered materials located, as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, in Texas to the Government of Texas;
            (2) all covered materials located, as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, in Arizona to the Government of Arizona;
            (3) all covered materials located, as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, in New Mexico to the Government of New 
        Mexico; and
            (4) all covered materials located, as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, in California to the Government of 
        California.
    (b) Physical Relocation of Materials.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall be responsible for the physical relocation of all 
covered materials transferred under this section to appropriate State-
operated facilities.
    (c) Covered Materials.--In this section, the term ``covered 
materials'' means all unused materials in the possession of the Federal 
Government that were purchased to construct roadways or physical 
barriers along the southern border of the United States.
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