SEC. 2. BORDER WALL SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION. 
(a)(1) IMMEDIATELY RESUME BORDER WALL SYS-
TEM CONSTRUCTION.—Not later than 24 hours after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall resume all activities related to the con-
struction of the border barrier system (also known as, and 
referred to in this Act as, the ‘‘border wall system’’) along 
the international border between the United States and 
Mexico that were underway or being planned for prior to 
January 20, 2021. 
(2) NO CANCELLATIONS.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security may not cancel any contract for activities 
related to border wall system construction referred to in 
paragraph (1) that was entered into on or before January 
20, 2021. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall expend all funds appropriated or explicitly 
obligated for border wall system construction referred to 
in paragraph (1) that were appropriated or obligated, as 
the case may be, beginning on October 1, 2016, to carry 
out this Act. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR BORDER WALL 
SYSTEM.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an implementation plan to complete, by not later than 
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September 30, 2026, border wall system construction re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) and funded in accordance with 
paragraph (3). 
(b) PLAN TO COMPLETE TACTICAL INFRASTRUC-
TURE AND TECHNOLOGY ELEMENTS OF BORDER WALL 
SYSTEM.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an implementation plan, including quarterly benchmarks 
and cost estimates, for satisfying all requirements of bor-
der wall system construction referred to in subsection 
(a)(1), including tactical infrastructure, technology, and 
other elements as identified by the Department of Home-
land Security prior to January 20, 2021, through the ex-
penditure of funds appropriated or explicitly obligated, as 
the case may be, for use beginning on October 1, 2016, 
as well as any future funds appropriated by Congress. 
(c) UPHOLD NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all agree-
ments executed in writing between the Department of 
Homeland Security and private citizens, State, local, and 
Tribal governments, and other stakeholders are honored 
by the Department relating to current and future border 
wall system construction as required by such agreements. 
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SEC. 3. DNA COLLECTION CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL 
LAW. 
Not later than 14 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure and certify to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is fully 
compliant with the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 at all 
border facilities that process adults, including as part of 
a family unit, in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection at the border. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(2) TACTICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘‘tactical infrastructure’’ includes boat ramps, access 
gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated 
with a border wall system. 
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(3) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ in-
cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 
including linear ground detection systems, associated 
with a border wall system. 
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