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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5876 

To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund 

the construction of a barrier on the border between the United States 

and Mexico, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2018 

Mrs. BLACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, 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 allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public 

donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the 

border between the United States and Mexico, 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 ‘‘Border Wall Trust 

5 Fund Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BORDER WALL TRUST FUND. 

2 (a) BORDER WALL TRUST FUND.—At the end of 

3 subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 31, United States 

4 Code, insert the following: 

5 ‘‘§ 3344. Border wall trust fund. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(1) RECEIVE GIFTS.—Notwithstanding section 

8 3113 of title 31, the Secretary of the Treasury may 

9 accept for the Government a gift of money on the 

10 condition that it be used to plan, design, construct, 

11 or maintain a barrier along the international border 

12 between the United States and Mexico. 

13 ‘‘(2) TRUST FUND.—Not later than 60 days 

14 after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec15 retary of the Treasury shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) establish an account, to be known as 

17 the ‘Border Wall Trust Fund’, into which 

18 money received as gifts under this section shall 

19 be deposited; and 

20 ‘‘(B) create a publicly accessible website to 

21 receive such gifts. 

22 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATION.—Money deposited in the 

23 Border Wall Trust Fund is appropriated to the Sec24 retary of Homeland Security and may be expended 

25 to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier 

26 along the international border between the United 


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1 States and Mexico. Such funds may not be used for 

2 any other purpose.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 for such chapter is amended by inserting at the end the 

5 following: 

‘‘3344. Border Wall Trust Fund.’’. 

6 SEC. 3. COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY. 

7 (a) CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security shall, at a time determined by the Secretary and 

9 in a manner consistent with the security mission of the 

10 border barrier, provide for a commemorative display as an 

11 integrated part of the barrier under section 3344 of such 

12 title, as enacted by section 2, recognizing individuals who 

13 contributed to the Border Wall Trust Fund. 

14 (b) LENGTH.—The display described in subsection 

15 (a) shall be one mile in length, unless the Secretary deter16 mines that length to be impracticable, in which case it 

17 shall be as close to that length as the Secretary determines 

18 practicable consistent with the security mission of such 

19 barrier. 

20 (c) DESIGNATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of the 

21 Treasury shall provide a process by which a donor may 

22 designate the donation of that donor to fund construction 

23 of the commemorative display under this section. 

24 (d) NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary 

25 of the Treasury shall display on the website described in 


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1 section 3344(a)(2) of such title, as enacted by section 2, 

2 the following: 

3 (1) A total estimated cost for the commemora4 tive display. 

5 (2) A notification that donations to the Border 

6 Wall Trust Fund not designated under subsection 

7 (c) will be used exclusively to plan, design, construct, 

8 or maintain a barrier along the international border 

9 between the United States and Mexico. 

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