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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 796 

To provide appropriations to secure the southern border of the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2019 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 

in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, 

Homeland Security, Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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 

A BILL 

To provide appropriations to secure the southern border of 

the United States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Savings Through Secu5 rity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECURING THE SOUTHERN 

2 BORDER. 

3 (a) APPROPRIATION.—Subject to subsection (c), 

4 there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 

5 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as the 

6 Secretary of Homeland Security may from time to time 

7 certify to the Secretary of the Treasury are necessary for 

8 the Department of Homeland Security to procure and de9 ploy the necessary infrastructure, technology, and man10 power to secure the international border between the 

11 United States and Mexico. 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

13 this section shall remain available until expended. 

14 (c) MAXIMUM APPROPRIATION.—Not more than 

15 $5,700,000,000 in total may be appropriated under the 

16 authority provided by this section. 

17 SEC. 3. REPORT ON COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPENDI18 TURES ON UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS. 

19 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each 

21 department or agency listed in subsection (b) shall submit 

22 to Congress and transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury 

23 a report describing each amount such department or agen24 cy has expended in the previous fiscal year on activities 

25 relating to aliens unlawfully present in the United States. 


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1 (b) DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES LISTED.—The de2 partments and agencies listed in this subsection are the 

3 following: 

4 (1) The Department of Education. 

5 (2) The Department of Justice. 

6 (3) The Department of Homeland Security. 

7 (4) The Department of Agriculture. 

8 (5) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv9 ices. 

10 SEC. 4. REMISSION OF COST SAVINGS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

12 end of the first fiscal year in which an amount is obligated 

13 pursuant to the appropriation in section 2(a), and annu14 ally thereafter until the obligation of the maximum 

15 amount described in section 2(c), the head of each depart16 ment or agency listed in section 3(b) shall remit to the 

17 general fund of the Treasury an amount, to be derived 

18 from the unobligated balances of each appropriate account 

19 of such department or agency, that is equal to the extent 

20 to which the head of such department or agency deter21 mines that such balance remains unobligated because of 

22 the expenditures by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

23 pursuant to the appropriation under section 2(a), to se24 cure the international border between the United States 

25 and Mexico. 


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1 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than November 1 

2 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the en3 actment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the head of 

4 each department or agency listed in section 3(b) shall 

5 jointly submit to Congress a report including any amount 

6 saved by each such department or agency on expenditures 

7 relating to aliens unlawfully present in the United States 

8 in the preceding fiscal year because of the expenditures 

9 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to the 

10 appropriation under section 2(a), to secure the inter11 national border between the United States and Mexico. 

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