Build the Wall Act of 2025

119 S42 IS: Build the Wall Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-01-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 42 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2025 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Lankford , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Marshall , and Mr. Risch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Build the Wall Act of 2025 . 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.