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HR 816 · in committee · major

Build the Wall Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill creates a fund for the Department of Homeland Security to build and maintain physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  • Affected parties include the Department of Homeland Security, border communities, and taxpayers funding the initiative.
  • Unspent COVID-19 relief funds are redirected to finance the wall construction immediately.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would redirecting unspent COVID-19 relief funds to border barrier construction affect other federal programs that depend on those resources?

  2. 02

    What evidence does the bill present that physical barriers are the most cost-effective approach to border security compared to alternative methods?

  3. 03

    How might border communities that would host these barriers participate in or influence decisions about their construction and placement?

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Sponsor · R-IN-6

Jefferson Shreve

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House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-01-28

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-28 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

  2. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  3. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  4. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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