The Fund Our Border Not The IRS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4230
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-21
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations

Border security and unlawful immigration

Department of Homeland Security

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <strong>Fund Our Border Not The IRS Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill requires that unobligated amounts made available to the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 be transferred to pay expenses of Customs and Border Protection, for constructing and maintaining physical barriers along the southern U.S. border, and for other purposes relating to border security.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4230 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2023 Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security , 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 transfer the unobligated balances of amounts made available to the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act to the Secretary of Homeland Security to secure the border.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Fund Our Border Not The IRS Act of 2023 . 2. Unobligated balances of the Internal Revenue Service made available to secure the border The unobligated balances of all amounts made available to the Internal Revenue Service under Public Law 117–169 shall be transferred to the Secretary of Homeland Security and be made available for the salaries and expenses of agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, constructing and maintaining physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States, and other purposes relating to border security.