# 117-hr-8230: BUILD IT Act

117-hr-8230, BUILD IT Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8230
- Congress: 117
- Title: BUILD IT Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Introduced: 2022-06-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Border's Unused Idle and Lying Dormant Inventory Transfer Act or the BUILD IT Act This bill requires the federal government to transfer, upon request, materials associated with the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the governments of the states along that border (i.e., Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). The transferred materials must be used to construct a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] (R-OH), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meijer, Peter [R-MI-3] (R-MI), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] (R-MI), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8230 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8230)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8230 (as of 2025-11-18).