[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S92]
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SA 1. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the end of the bill, add the following:
SEC. 4. SOUTHERN BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FUND.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Build
the Wall Act of 2025''.
(b) 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'').
(c) 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).
(d) 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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