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RepublicanBill · S. 42· Senate(119-S-42)

Build the Wall Act of 2025

Rep. Barrasso
Age: 74 years
Wyoming
Introduced
1/9/2025
Last activity
1/9/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsored by
John Barrasso
Cosponsors
Republican - 5Democrat - 0
Immigration
  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Build the Wall Act of 2025," seeks to create a specific account called the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund. This fund will be housed within the general fund of the Treasury. The legislation directs that all remaining unobligated amounts from the Coronavirus State and local fiscal recovery funds be deposited into this new fund immediately. Once the funds are deposited, the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to use them. The primary purpose of these funds is to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States.

Yes

  • Does this tighten control of the border?+7

    The bill provides funding specifically for the construction and maintenance of physical barriers along the southern international border.

The opposite

  • Would households on low incomes be better off under this?-5

    The bill diverts unobligated coronavirus fiscal recovery funds away from their intended purpose of supporting state and local fiscal needs.

  • Would immigrants be better off under this?-3

    The bill prioritizes the construction of physical barriers at the southern border.

  • Does this reduce what the federal government spends?-2

    The bill reallocates existing unobligated coronavirus relief funds toward border wall construction rather than reducing total federal spending.