[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S80]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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      By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
        Marshall, and Mr. Risch):
  S. 42. A bill to 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; to the Committee on 
Finance.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 42

       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 ``Build the Wall Act of 
     2025''.

     SEC. 2. 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.

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