People’s Border Wall Fund Act

Bill: 116-hr-256
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-04
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Building construction

Department of the Treasury

Executive agency funding and structure

Government trust funds

Mexico
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>People's Border Wall Fund Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to accept gifts of money to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier along the U.S-Mexico border. Treasury shall establish the Border Wall Fund and website for that purpose. Treasury shall also provide public outreach to educate the public about the fund's existence.</p> <p>The money deposited in the fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of such a border barrier, and may not be used for any other purpose.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 256 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2019 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Meadows , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Perry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the People’s Border Wall Fund Act . 2. Border Wall Fund (a) In general At the end of subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, insert the following: 3344. Border Wall Fund. (a) In general (1) Receive gifts Notwithstanding section 3113 of title 31, the Secretary of the Treasury may accept for the Government a gift of money on the condition that it be used to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier along the international border between the United States and Mexico. (2) Trust fund Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall— (A) establish an account, to be known as the Border Wall Fund , into which money received as gifts under this section shall be deposited; and (B) create a publicly accessible website to receive such gifts. (3) Public notice The Secretary of the Treasury shall— (A) provide public outreach to educate the public about the existence of the Border Wall Fund; and (B) notify the public, on the Department of the Treasury’s website, of the current amount of funds in the Border Wall Fund and the total amount donated over time to the Border Wall Fund. (4) Appropriation Money deposited in the Border Wall Trust Fund is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security and may be expended to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier along the international border between the United States and Mexico. Such funds may not be used for any other purpose. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for such chapter is amended by inserting at the end the following: 3344. Border Wall Fund. .