[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S92]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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