Build the Wall Act of 2025
The Build the Wall Act of 2025 redirects unused Coronavirus relief funds to create a dedicated account for constructing physical barriers along the southern U.S. border. It mandates that the Department of Homeland Security use these redirected funds - specifically unobligated amounts from the Social Security Act's pandemic recovery programs - to build and maintain border walls. The bill directly affects the Department of Homeland Security (as the agency responsible for implementation) and U.S. taxpayers (as the source of redirected funds). This is a funding mechanism, not a new policy, repurposing existing pandemic relief money for border infrastructure.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 9, 2025
Last action Jan 9, 2025
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Jan 9, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Jan 9, 2025
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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