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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4904 
To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers along 
the southern international border of the United States and award grants 
to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2023 
Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. MCCORMICK, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. MOORE 
of Alabama, Mr. SELF, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. JACKSON of 
Texas, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. DESJARLAIS, and Mr. STEUBE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical 
barriers along the southern international border of the 
United States and award grants to certain organizations 
addressing the fentanyl crisis. 
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 ‘‘Build the Wall and 
Fight Fentanyl Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. 
(a) SOUTHERN
BORDER
WALL
FULFILLMENT 
FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the general fund of the Treasury a separate account 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Southern Border Wall 
Fulfillment Fund’’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, there shall be deposited in the fund 
any amount of assets seized by the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection from a cartel. 
(3) FUND USES.—Money from this fund shall 
be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
construct and maintain physical barriers along the 
southern international border of the United States. 
(b) COMBATING THE FENTANYL EPIDEMIC FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the general fund of the Treasury a separate account 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Combating The 
Fentanyl Epidemic Fund’’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, there shall be deposited in the fund 
any amount of assets seized by the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, U.S. Immigration and Cus-
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toms Enforcement, or the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection from a cartel. 
(3) FUND USES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Money from this fund 
shall be used by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity to establish a grant to be awarded to eli-
gible entities that help address the fentanyl cri-
sis. 
(B) ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATIONS.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘eligible entities’’ in-
cludes— 
(i) State and local law enforcement 
agencies; 
(ii) State and local health and human 
services agencies; 
(iii) rehabilitation facilities; and 
(iv) drug-use prevention advocacy or-
ganizations. 
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Any amount of as-
sets seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection from a cartel shall be distrib-
uted equally between the funds established in subsections 
(a) and (b). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ASSETS SEIZED.—The term ‘‘assets seized’’ 
includes any money seized or the proceeds from any 
assets seized and sold at auction. 
(2) CARTEL.—The term ‘‘cartel’’ means— 
(A) any organization with known oper-
ations in Mexico and the United States that has 
been designated as a significant transnational 
criminal organization under part 590 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations; 
(B) any of the organizations known as— 
(i) the Sinaloa Cartel; 
(ii) the Jalisco New Generation Car-
tel; 
(iii) the Gulf Cartel; 
(iv) the Los Zetas Cartel; 
(v) the Juarez Cartel; 
(vi) the Tijuana Cartel; 
(vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; 
(viii) La Familia Michoacana, also 
known as the Knights Templar Cartel; or 
(ix) La Nueva Familia Michoacan; 
(C) any other organization that the Presi-
dent determines is a transnational criminal or-
ganization with operations in Mexico and the 
United States; or 
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(D) any successor organization to an orga-
nization described in subparagraph (B) or as 
otherwise determined by the President. 
Æ 
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