S. 42

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · January 9, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Barrasso · Committee: Committee on Finance

Table of contents

• S. 42
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Southern Border Wall Construction Fund

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Build the Wall Act of 2025.
• Short title

SEC. 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 (referred to in this section as the ). Southern Border Wall Construction 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.