Border Wall Waste Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-326
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2025-01-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Border Wall Waste Accountability Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the total cost of unused construction materials that were obtained for construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall from January 20, 2021, through January 20, 2025.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 326 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2025 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Ms. Tenney , Mr. Balderson , and Mr. Harris of Maryland ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To require the GAO to conduct a study detailing the total cost of unused construction materials that were obtained for the construction of a border wall along the United States-Mexico border.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Wall Waste Accountability Act . 2. GAO study on cost of unused construction materials for border wall Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a study detailing the total cost of unused construction materials that were obtained for the construction of a border wall along the United States-Mexico border from January 20, 2021, to January 20, 2025.