Build the Wall Act of 2025
- house
- senate
- president
Last progress January 28, 2025 (10 months ago)
Introduced on January 28, 2025 by Jefferson Shreve
Sponsors (11)
House Votes
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Senate Votes
Presidential Signature
AI Summary
This measure creates a new federal fund to build and maintain physical barriers along the U.S.–Mexico border. Money for the fund would come from leftover COVID-19 aid that states and local governments have not yet committed. Those uncommitted dollars must be moved into the new fund right away, and the Department of Homeland Security would use the money for border barriers and upkeep .
Key points:
- Who is affected: The Department of Homeland Security, states and local governments with unspent COVID-19 recovery funds, and communities along the southern border.
- What changes: A Southern Border Wall Construction Fund is created; all uncommitted Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds are transferred into it; the money must be used to build and maintain border barriers .
- When: Upon enactment, the transfer of any uncommitted COVID-19 recovery funds happens immediately.