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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4904 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4904

To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers 
along the southern international border of the United States and award 
    grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2023

Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Babin, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. McCormick, Mr. 
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Moore of Alabama, 
   Mr. Self, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. 
 Baird, Mr. DesJarlais, and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Homeland Security, 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

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                                 A BILL

 
To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers 
along the southern international border of the United States and award 
    grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    (a) Southern Border Wall Fulfillment Fund.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the general 
        fund of the Treasury a separate account which shall be known as 
        the ``Southern Border Wall Fulfillment Fund''.
            (2) Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        there shall be deposited in the fund any amount of assets 
        seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection from a cartel.
            (3) Fund uses.--Money from this 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.
    (b) Combating The Fentanyl Epidemic Fund.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the general 
        fund of the Treasury a separate account which shall be known as 
        the ``Combating The Fentanyl Epidemic Fund''.
            (2) Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        there shall be deposited in the fund any amount of assets 
        seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection from a cartel.
            (3) Fund uses.--
                    (A) In general.--Money from this fund shall be used 
                by the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a 
                grant to be awarded to eligible entities that help 
                address the fentanyl crisis.
                    (B) Eligible organizations.--In this paragraph, the 
                term ``eligible entities'' includes--
                            (i) State and local law enforcement 
                        agencies;
                            (ii) State and local health and human 
                        services agencies;
                            (iii) rehabilitation facilities; and
                            (iv) drug-use prevention advocacy 
                        organizations.
    (c) Distribution of Funds.--Any amount of assets seized by the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from a cartel shall be 
distributed equally between the funds established in subsections (a) 
and (b).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assets seized.--The term ``assets seized'' includes any 
        money seized or the proceeds from any assets seized and sold at 
        auction.
            (2) Cartel.--The term ``cartel'' means--
                    (A) any organization with known operations in 
                Mexico and the United States that has been designated 
                as a significant transnational criminal organization 
                under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal 
                Regulations;
                    (B) any of the organizations known as--
                            (i) the Sinaloa Cartel;
                            (ii) the Jalisco New Generation Cartel;
                            (iii) the Gulf Cartel;
                            (iv) the Los Zetas Cartel;
                            (v) the Juarez Cartel;
                            (vi) the Tijuana Cartel;
                            (vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel;
                            (viii) La Familia Michoacana, also known as 
                        the Knights Templar Cartel; or
                            (ix) La Nueva Familia Michoacan;
                    (C) any other organization that the President 
                determines is a transnational criminal organization 
                with operations in Mexico and the United States; or
                    (D) any successor organization to an organization 
                described in subparagraph (B) or as otherwise 
                determined by the President.
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