I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1477 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to build a wall along the southern 
border, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2017 
Ms. MOORE (for herself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Mr. SOTO, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 
Mexico, Mr. POCAN, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
VELA, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RUSH, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. POLIS, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Ms. LEE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. TAKANO, 
Ms. BASS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SPEIER, and 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to build a wall along 
the southern border, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding 
for the Wall Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The construction of a wall along the south-
ern border is estimated to cost tens of billions of 
taxpayer dollars. 
(2) On June 16, 2015, in New York, NY, while 
announcing his candidacy for President of the 
United States, Mr. Donald Trump stated ‘‘I would 
build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better 
than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inex-
pensively. I will build a great, great wall on our 
southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that 
wall. Mark my words.’’. 
(3) On July 31, 2015 in Turnberry, Scotland, 
during an interview on CNN, Mr. Donald Trump 
stated ‘‘I will build the wall and Mexico’s going to 
pay for it and they will be happy to pay for it. Be-
cause Mexico is making so much money from the 
United States that that’s going to be peanuts and all 
these other characters say, ‘Oh, they won’t pay, they 
won’t pay.’ They don’t know the first thing about 
how to negotiate. Trust me, Mexico will pay for it.’’. 
(4) On February 25, 2016, in Houston, TX, 
during a Republican Presidential Debate, Mr. Don-
ald Trump stated, ‘‘We have a trade deficit with 
Mexico of $58 billion dollars a year, and that doesn’t 
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include all the drugs that are pouring across and de-
stroying our country. We’re going to make them pay 
for that wall.’’. 
(5) On August 23, 2015, during an interview 
on Justice with Judge Jeanine, Mr. Donald Trump 
stated, ‘‘We’re going to build a wall. It’s going to be 
a great wall. Mexico is going to pay for it.’’. 
(6) On August 31, 2016, in Phoenix, AZ, dur-
ing a rally, Mr. Donald Trump stated, ‘‘We will 
build a great wall along the southern border and 
Mexico will pay for the wall. One hundred percent. 
They don’t know it yet, but they’re going to pay for 
the wall.’’. 
(7) On January 10, 2017, General John Kelly, 
President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of 
Homeland Security, stated during his Senate con-
firmation hearing, ‘‘A physical barrier in and of 
itself—certainly as a military person that under-
stands defense and defenses—a physical barrier in 
and of itself will not do the job, it has to be really 
a layered defense.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 
FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) FEDERAL
PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no Federal department 
or agency, including the Department of Homeland 
Security, may obligate or expend any Federal funds 
(including any funds previously appropriated for 
such purpose or any fee revenue generated by the 
Department of Homeland Security or any other Fed-
eral department or agency) to carry out section 102 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) or 
any other related provision of law, or to otherwise 
build a border fence, related physical barriers or in-
frastructure, or wall along the southern border of 
the United States, including to carry out any activi-
ties related to such construction. 
(2) STATE PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a State that has received or 
receives any Federal funding in the form of a grant 
from the Department of Homeland Security or any 
other Federal department or agency may not use 
such funding to carry out section 102 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) or any other re-
lated provision of law, or to otherwise build a border 
fence, related physical barriers or infrastructure, or 
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wall along the southern border of the United States, 
including to carry out any activities related to such 
construction. 
(3) FOREIGN PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Presi-
dent is authorized to enter into a binding, written, 
and enforceable treaty, approved by the Senate, with 
a foreign country to pay for the costs associated 
with carrying out section 102 of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) or any other related pro-
vision of law, or otherwise building a border fence, 
related physical barriers or infrastructure, or wall 
along the southern border of the United States, in-
cluding carrying out any activities related to such 
construction. 
(b) AUDIT AND PENALTY.— 
(1) AUDIT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
end of each fiscal year, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct an audit of each 
Federal department and agency under subsection 
(a)(1) and each State that has received or is receiv-
ing any Federal funding under subsection (a)(2) to 
assess compliance with the prohibition under such 
subsections for such preceding fiscal year. 
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(2) PENALTY.—If the Comptroller General of 
the United States is unable to confirm the compli-
ance with the prohibitions under subsection (a) by a 
Federal department or agency or by a State pursu-
ant to an audit conducted under paragraph (1), not-
withstanding any other provision of law— 
(A) in the case of Federal department or 
agency, the Office of Management and Budget 
may not obligate or expend more than 25 per-
cent of funds authorized to be appropriated for 
such Office for the fiscal year during which 
such audit is conducted, until such time as the 
Comptroller General is able to confirm such 
compliance; and 
(B) in the case of a State, the heads of ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies 
shall take such steps as may be necessary to re-
duce the amount of Federal funds that are 
made available to such State and to require 
such State to repay such amounts previously 
made available, as appropriate, until such time 
as the Comptroller General is able to confirm 
such compliance. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the funding prohibition under this section 
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should not interfere with the responsibility of the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security to take actions as may be 
required to secure the southern border of the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. OVERSIGHT. 
The Inspector General of the Federal department or 
agency responsible for carrying out the treaty referred to 
in section 3(a)(3) shall oversee the use of funds received 
and expended pursuant to such treaty to carry out the 
Secure Fence Act of 2006, section 102 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1103 note), or any other related provision of 
law, or to otherwise build a border fence, related physical 
barriers or infrastructure, or wall along the southern bor-
der of the United States, including to carry out any activi-
ties related to such construction. Such oversight shall in-
clude oversight regarding the use of high risk contractor 
practices, including limited or sole source contracting, any 
cost overruns, significant delays in contract execution, and 
departmental contract management and oversight of such 
funds. 
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY IMPACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall include a statement of 
budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and revenues, 
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as a result of and related to any executive order or presi-
dential memorandum issued relating to border security 
during the period of fiscal year 2017 through fiscal year 
2021. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Any statement under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order 
or memorandum, listed by Federal department and 
agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal-year period be-
ginning in fiscal year 2017; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2017. 
SEC. 6. WEBSITE. 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall establish a publicly available website to track and 
display funds received from other non-Federal sources, in-
cluding foreign governments, to carry out the Secure 
Fence Act of 2006, section 102 of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
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U.S.C. 1103 note), or any other related provision of law, 
or to otherwise build a border fence, related physical bar-
riers or infrastructure, or wall along the southern border, 
including to carry out any activities related to such con-
struction. Such website shall be updated at least monthly 
to accurately reflect data on funds received by source and 
by date and on the obligation and expenditure of such 
funds. 
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