BUILD IT Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 24, 2022
Last action May 24, 2022
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Total actions
2
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0
Committee
1
May 24, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 24, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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