S.Amdt. 2067Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)

S.Amdt. 2067

Submitted May 21, 2024

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Senate amendment submitted

May 21, 2024

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SA 2067. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4361, making emergency supplemental
appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 165, after the undesignated matter following line
5, insert the following:

SEC. 302. SOUTHERN BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FUND.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Build
the Wall Act of 2024''.
(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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