Title: BUILD IT Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Border's Unused Idle and Lying Dormant Inventory Transfer Act or the BUILD IT Act
This bill requires the federal government to transfer, upon request, materials associated with the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the governments of the states along that border (i.e., Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). The transferred materials must be used to construct a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4294 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4294

  To terminate certain contracts relating to the construction of the 
border fence and to transfer unused border fence material to the States 
                      along the southwest border.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2022

   Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
Daines, and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which 
 was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To terminate certain contracts relating to the construction of the 
border fence and to transfer unused border fence material to the States 
                      along the southwest border.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border's Unused Idle and Lying 
Dormant Inventory Transfer Act'' or the ``BUILD IT Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF UNUSED BORDER FENCE MATERIAL TO BORDER STATES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Federal Government shall deliver to the governments of Arizona, 
California, New Mexico, and Texas, upon request, any materials 
associated with the construction of the barrier along international 
border between the United States and Mexico that--
            (1) are in the possession of the Department of Homeland 
        Security, the Department of Defense, or any other Federal 
        agency; or
            (2) have been purchased by the Federal Government, but 
        remain in the possession of any contractor or vendor.
    (b) Prohibition of Fees and Delivery Charges.--The Federal 
Government may not charge any fee or other delivery charge to any of 
the States referred to in subsection (a) for the delivery of the 
materials described in subsection (a).
    (c) Use of Materials.--Any State receiving materials pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall use such materials for the purpose of barrier 
construction along the international border between the United States 
and Mexico.
    (d) Termination of Existing Contracts.--The Federal Government 
shall terminate, at the convenience of the Government, any contract 
relating to the maintenance and security of the materials intended for 
the construction referred to in subsection (a) that--
            (1) is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) must be terminated in order to comply with subsection 
        (a).
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