Build the Wall Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]
In Committee
Summary
Redirects unobligated coronavirus state and local recovery funds into a new Treasury account to pay for construction and maintenance of a southern border wall. This bill would create the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund in the general fund of the Treasury and immediately deposit all unobligated amounts from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds into that account.
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- State and local governments: Currently unspent dollars in those recovery accounts would be moved into the new Treasury fund, changing who controls those unobligated amounts.
- Department of Homeland Security: The Secretary would use money in the Fund to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Unused COVID relief moved to border wall
If enacted, the bill would create a Southern Border Wall Construction Fund in the Treasury. It would require that all unobligated amounts in the federal Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (sections 602 and 603) be immediately deposited into that Fund. The Department of Homeland Security would be able to use the money to build and maintain physical barriers on the southern border. States and localities would lose any unused relief money they could have spent on local needs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Cosponsors
Haridopolos
FL • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
NY • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
SC • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 3/3/2025
Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
IN • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Stutzman
IN • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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