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S. 42Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Build the Wall Act of 2025

Sponsored by John BarrassoSen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
Introduced January 9, 2025

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The Build the Wall Act of 2025 sets up a dedicated Treasury account to finance a wall along the United States’ southern border. It does this by transferring any leftover COVID‑19 recovery funds from the state and local programs into the new Southern Border Wall Construction Fund. The Department of Homeland Security is then authorized to use those dollars to construct and maintain physical barriers on the border.

Key Provisions

  • Creates a new Treasury account called the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund.
  • Moves any unused money from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds into this new fund.
  • Allows the Department of Homeland Security to spend the fund’s money to build and keep up physical barriers along the U.S. southern border.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Finance Committee

January 9, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

January 9, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Finance Committee

January 9, 2025

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John Barrasso
Sen. John BarrassoR-WY · Jan 9, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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John Barrasso
Sen. John BarrassoR-WY · Jan 9, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Introduced in SenateIssued January 9, 2025

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.