Border Construction Materials Transfer Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8028
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2022-06-13
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Border Construction Materials Transfer Act of 2022 </b></p> <p>This bill requires the federal government to transfer, without reimbursement, materials purchased for the construction of roadways or barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border and located in the states of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, or California to the governments of those states.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8028 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2022 Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer, without reimbursement, materials to construct roadways and physical barriers along the Southern border of the United States to the governments of the States in which such materials are located, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Construction Materials Transfer Act of 2022 . 2. Transfer of barrier and roadway construction materials to State governments (a) Transfer of covered materials Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall transfer, without reimbursement— (1) all covered materials located, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, in Texas to the Government of Texas; (2) all covered materials located, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, in Arizona to the Government of Arizona; (3) all covered materials located, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, in New Mexico to the Government of New Mexico; and (4) all covered materials located, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, in California to the Government of California. (b) Physical relocation of materials The Secretary of Homeland Security shall be responsible for the physical relocation of all covered materials transferred under this section to appropriate State-operated facilities. (c) Covered materials In this section, the term covered materials means all unused materials in the possession of the Federal Government that were purchased to construct roadways or physical barriers along the Southern border of the United States.