I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 76 
To establish a separate account in the Treasury to hold deposits to be 
used to secure the southern border of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. BIGGS of Arizona (for himself and Ms. MACE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Foreign 
Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, and Appropria-
tions, 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 
A BILL 
To establish a separate account in the Treasury to hold 
deposits to be used to secure the southern border of 
the United States, 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 ‘‘Fund and Complete 
the Border Wall Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BORDER WALL TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—At the end of sub-
chapter III of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, 
insert the following: 
‘‘§ 3344. Secure the Southern Border Fund 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall establish an account in the Treasury of the 
United States, to be known as the ‘Secure the Southern 
Border Fund’, into which funds shall be deposited in ac-
cordance with the Fund and Complete the Border Wall 
Act and the amendments made by that Act. 
‘‘(b) APPROPRIATION.—Funds deposited in the Se-
cure the Southern Border Fund shall be available until 
expended. Such funds are authorized to be appropriated, 
and are appropriated, to the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity only— 
‘‘(1) to plan, design, construct, or maintain a 
barrier along the international border between the 
United States and Mexico; and 
‘‘(2) to purchase and maintain necessary vehi-
cles and equipment for U.S. Border Patrol agents. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of the 
funds deposited in the Secure the Southern Border Fund 
may be used for the purpose described in subsection 
(b)(2).’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘3344. Secure the Southern Border Fund.’’. 
SEC. 3. BORDER CROSSING ACCOUNTABILITY AND SECU-
RITY. 
(a) ESTIMATION
OF ANNUAL ILLEGAL BORDER 
CROSSINGS.—Beginning with the first fiscal year that be-
gins after the date of the enactment of this Act, not later 
than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall determine and report 
to the Secretary of State and the Committees on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate— 
(1) the number of apprehensions that occurred 
during such fiscal year of aliens who entered the 
United States by illegally crossing the international 
land border between the United States and Mexico; 
and 
(2) the nationality of aliens described in para-
graph (1). 
(b) REDUCTION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall propor-
tionately reduce the amount of Federal financial as-
sistance provided to a foreign state for the fiscal 
year in which a report under subsection (a) is made 
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by a total of $2,000 for each alien described in such 
report who is a citizen or national of that country. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State may opt not to reduce 
the amounts appropriated for the Government of 
Mexico from the International Military Education 
and Training Fund, the International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement Fund, and the fund 
to carry out nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, de-
mining, and related programs and activities. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO SECURE THE SOUTH-
ERN BORDER FUND.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Secretary of the Treasury, shall transfer funds described 
in subsection (b) into the Secure the Southern Border 
Fund established by the amendment made by section 2 
of this Act. 
SEC. 4. FEES FOR CERTAIN REMITTANCE TRANSFERS. 
Section 920 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (re-
lating to remittance transfers) (15 U.S.C. 1693o–1) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(g) SECURE
THE
SOUTHERN
BORDER
FUND 
FEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the designated recipient 
of a remittance transfer is located outside of the 
United States, a remittance transfer provider shall 
collect from the sender of such remittance transfer 
a remittance fee equal to 5 percent of the United 
States dollar amount to be transferred. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Bureau and remittance transfer providers, shall 
develop and make available a system for remittance 
transfer providers to submit the remittance fees col-
lected in accordance with paragraph (1) to the Se-
cure the Southern Border Fund established under 
section 3344 of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(A) Whoever, with the intent to evade a 
remittance fee to be collected in accordance 
with this subsection, and who has knowledge 
that, at the time of a remittance transfer, the 
value of the funds involved in the transfer will 
be further transferred to a recipient located 
outside of the United States, requests or facili-
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tates such remittance transfer to a recipient lo-
cated outside of the United States shall be sub-
ject to a penalty of not more than $500,000 or 
twice the value of the funds involved in the re-
mittance transfer, whichever is greater, or im-
prisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. 
‘‘(B) Any foreign country that, in the joint 
determination of the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
Secretary of State, aids or harbors an indi-
vidual conspiring to avoid the fee collected in 
accordance with this subsection shall be ineli-
gible to receive foreign assistance and to par-
ticipate in the visa waiver program or any other 
programs, at the discretion of the Secretaries 
described in this subparagraph.’’. 
SEC. 5. FEES FOR FORM I–94. 
(a) FEE INCREASE.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall increase the fee collected for services per-
formed in processing U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Form I–94, Arrival/Departure Record, from $6 to $25. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF FEES COLLECTED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including section 
286(q) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(q)), all fees collected for services performed in proc-
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essing U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form I–94 
shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $6 shall be deposited in the Land Border 
Inspection Fee Account and used in accordance with 
such section 286(q). 
(2) To the extent provided in advance in appro-
priations Acts, $10 shall be used for salaries for 
U.S. Border Patrol agents. 
(3) $9 shall be deposited in the Secure the 
Southern Border Fund established by the amend-
ment made by section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 6. CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT OF BARRIERS AT BORDER.—Sec-
tion 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 
104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 
2025, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such 
actions as may be necessary (including the removal of ob-
stacles to detection of illegal entrants) to design, test, con-
struct, and install physical barriers, roads, and technology 
along the international land border between the United 
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States and Mexico to prevent illegal crossings in all 
areas.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘ADDITIONAL FENCING’’ and inserting 
‘‘FENCING’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) PHYSICAL
BARRIERS.—In carrying 
out subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall construct physical barriers, in-
cluding secondary barriers in locations where 
there is already a fence, along the international 
land border between the United States and 
Mexico that will prevent illegal entry and will 
assist in gaining operational control of the bor-
der (as defined in section 2(b) of the Secure 
Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public 
Law 109–367)).’’; 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) 
as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; 
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