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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4765 
To reprogram all remaining unobligated funds from the IRS enforcement 
account. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CREN-
SHAW, and Mr. CARTER of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To reprogram all remaining unobligated funds from the IRS 
enforcement account. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing our Border 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) United States border security is paramount 
to the general welfare of our Nation and ensures the 
efficient and meaningful flow of goods and individ-
uals through legal means. 
(2) During 2023, an estimated 105,007 drug 
overdose deaths occurred in the United States. 
(3) Only 2 percent of passenger vehicles and 20 
percent of commercial vehicles crossing the southern 
border are scanned by nonintrusive inspection tech-
nology through a radiation portal monitor. 
(4) During fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection agents processed more than 
1,081,030 passengers and pedestrians. 
(5) Limiting the amount of deadly illicit nar-
cotics, including fentanyl, from entering the United 
States would reduce the number of Americans who 
die annually from the use of such narcotics. 
(6) Because of the failure to update nonintru-
sive inspection technologies at land ports of entry 
along the southern border of the United States, 
there has been an increase in the amount of illicit 
narcotics, such as fentanyl, being trafficked across 
the southern border. 
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(7) The amount of illicit drugs seized by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection along the southwest 
border was approximately— 
(A) 241,000 pounds during fiscal year 
2023; and 
(B) 275,000 pounds during fiscal year 
2024. 
(8) U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents 
had 2,135,005 encounters along the southern border 
during fiscal year 2024, including— 
(A) 1,218,880 single adults; 
(B) 804,456 family units; and 
(C) 109,998 unaccompanied minors. 
(9) According to the Department of Homeland 
Security, 750 migrants died attempting to cross the 
southern border during fiscal year 2022, which is— 
(A) more migrant deaths than occurred in 
any previous fiscal year; and 
(B) more than 200 more migrant deaths 
than the number of such deaths during fiscal 
year 2021. 
(10) As of September 30, 2024, the immigra-
tion court backlog was 3,558,995 cases. 
(11) Since the end of fiscal year 2019, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection has reported 2,371 
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encounters with potential terrorists at ports of entry 
along the southern and northern borders. 
(12) According to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection onboard staffing data, approximately 
2,700 additional U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion officers need to be stationed at United States 
ports of entry to fully staff such ports. 
(13) Due to shifting priorities, construction 
delays, a lack of available technology solutions, and 
funding constraints, most southern U.S. Border Pa-
trol sectors still rely on obsolete systems or tech-
nologies. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR NONINTRUSIVE BORDER INSPEC-
TIONS. 
One-third of the unobligated balances (as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act) from amounts made avail-
able under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public Law 117–169 
shall be transferred to U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion during the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on February 6, 2034, for 
nonintrusive inspection systems to achieve a 100 percent 
nonintrusive inspection scanning rate at all northern bor-
der and southwest border land ports of entry by February 
6, 2034. 
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SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Two-thirds of the unobligated bal-
ances (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) from 
amounts made available under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of 
Public Law 117–169 shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security during the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
February 6, 2034, for activities related to the construction 
of a border wall system along the southwest international 
border of the United States. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit quarterly reports to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives that contains— 
(1) an implementation plan with benchmarks 
related to stemming illegal immigration; and 
(2) cost estimates associated with border wall 
system construction. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE BONUSES TO U.S. 
CUSTOMS 
AND 
BORDER 
PROTECTION 
AGENTS. 
(a) RECRUITMENT BONUSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the approval of 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may 
pay a recruitment bonus, not to exceed $15,000, to 
each newly hired U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion agent after— 
(A) the agent completes initial basic train-
ing; and 
(B) the execution of a written agreement 
described in paragraph (2). 
(2) WRITTEN AGREEMENT.—A written agree-
ment described in this paragraph is a legally binding 
agreement between a newly hired agent and U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection that— 
(A) specifies the amount of the bonus pay-
ment to be paid to such agent, including the 
timing of such payment; 
(B) the length of the period of service re-
quired to be completed before such agent is en-
titled to retain such payment; and 
(C) any other terms and conditions to 
which such payment is subject. 
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(b) RETENTION BONUSES.—Subject to the approval 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may pay annual 
retention bonuses, not to exceed 15 percent of the agent’s 
basic pay, to U.S. Border Patrol agents after the comple-
tion of each year of satisfactory service, as determined by 
the Commissioner. 
(c) RELOCATION BONUS.—Subject to the approval of 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may pay a relocation 
bonus, not to exceed 15 percent of the agent’s annual 
basic pay, to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent 
who agrees to be transferred and to serve for not less than 
3 years at the new duty station. 
(d) LIMITATION.—None of the bonuses paid to a U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection agent pursuant to sub-
sections (a) through (c) may be considered part of the 
basic pay of such agent for any purpose, including for re-
tirement or in computing a lump-sum payment to the 
agent for accumulated and accrued annual leave under 
section 5551 or 5552 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 6. TREATMENT OF ALIENS ARRIVING FROM CONTIG-
UOUS TERRITORY. 
Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 
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‘‘may return’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘shall— 
‘‘(i) return the alien to such territory, 
or to a safe third country (as described in 
section 208), pending the completion of a 
proceeding under section 240; or 
‘‘(ii) detain the alien for further con-
sideration of an application for asylum, 
which shall include a determination of 
credible fear of persecution.’’. 
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