Secure America’s Borders First Act

Subjects: International Affairs, Border security and unlawful immigration, Defense spending, Europe, Foreign aid and international relief, Latin America, Mexico, Military assistance, sales, and agreements, Ukraine

Summary:  <p><strong>Secure America's Borders First Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits using federal funds to provide certain military assistance to Ukraine until a border wall system along the U.S.-Mexico border is completed and operation control of such border is achieved.</p> <p>Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to funds made available to the Department of Defense and funds made available for security assistance or security cooperation. </p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 199 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 199

   To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of military or security 
 assistance to Ukraine until operational control of the United States-
           Mexico border is achieved, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

Mr. Rosendale (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 prohibit the obligation or expenditure of military or security 
 assistance to Ukraine until operational control of the United States-
           Mexico border is achieved, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Secure America's Borders First 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds described in subsection (b) may 
be obligated or expended until the date on which--
            (1) a border wall system along the United States-Mexico 
        border is completed; and
            (2) operational control, as such term is defined in section 
        2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note), of such 
        border is achieved.
    (b) Funds Described.--The funds described in this subsection are 
the following, with respect to programs, projects, or activities in 
Ukraine:
            (1) Amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
        available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year.
            (2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
        available for security assistance or security cooperation for 
        any fiscal year.
    (c) Border Wall System.--For purposes of this Act, a border wall 
system shall include--
            (1) 30-foot high internally hardened steel-bollard physical 
        barrier;
            (2) all-weather access and patrol roads;
            (3) perimeter lighting; and
            (4) enforcement cameras, sensors, and anti-tunnel detection 
        technology.
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