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118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 336
To immediately resume construction of the border wall system along the
international border between the United States and Mexico to secure
the border, enforce the rule of law, and expend appropriated funds
as mandated by Congress, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY12, 2023
Mr. H
IGGINSof Louisiana (for himself, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. GRAVESof
Louisiana, Mr. R
ESCHENTHALER, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr.
P
OSEY, Mr. BALDERSON, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. SMITHof New
Jersey, Mr. C
LYDE, Mr. FRY, Mr. CARL, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. CARTER
of Georgia, Mr. S
ESSIONS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. JOHNSONof Ohio, Mrs.
H
ARSHBARGER, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BOST, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr.
H
UNT, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. GUEST, Mr. ROY, Mr. BISHOP
of North Carolina, Mrs. B
OEBERT, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. MOOLENAAR,
Mr. O
BERNOLTE, and Mr. JACKSONof Texas) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
A BILL
To immediately resume construction of the border wall sys-
tem along the international border between the United
States and Mexico to secure the border, enforce the
rule of law, and expend appropriated funds as mandated
by Congress, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Finish the Wall Act’’. 2
SEC. 2. BORDER WALL SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION. 3
(a)(1) I
MMEDIATELYRESUMEBORDERWALLSYS-4
TEMCONSTRUCTION.—Not later than 24 hours after the 5
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-6
land Security shall resume all activities related to the con-7
struction of the border barrier system (also known as, and 8
referred to in this Act as, the ‘‘border wall system’’) along 9
the international border between the United States and 10
Mexico that were underway or being planned for prior to 11
January 20, 2021. 12
(2) N
OCANCELLATIONS.—The Secretary of Home-13
land Security may not cancel any contract for activities 14
related to border wall system construction referred to in 15
paragraph (1) that was entered into on or before January 16
20, 2021. 17
(3) U
SE OFFUNDS.—The Secretary of Homeland 18
Security shall expend all funds appropriated or explicitly 19
obligated for border wall system construction referred to 20
in paragraph (1) that were appropriated or obligated, as 21
the case may be, beginning on October 1, 2016, to carry 22
out this Act. 23
(4) I
MPLEMENTATION PLAN FORBORDERWALL 24
S
YSTEM.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 25
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 26
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shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 1
an implementation plan to complete, by not later than 2
September 30, 2026, border wall system construction re-3
ferred to in paragraph (1) and funded in accordance with 4
paragraph (3). 5
(b) P
LANTOCOMPLETETACTICALINFRASTRUC-6
TURE ANDTECHNOLOGYELEMENTS OFBORDERWALL 7
S
YSTEM.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 8
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 9
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 10
an implementation plan, including quarterly benchmarks 11
and cost estimates, for satisfying all requirements of bor-12
der wall system construction referred to in subsection 13
(a)(1), including tactical infrastructure, technology, and 14
other elements as identified by the Department of Home-15
land Security prior to January 20, 2021, through the ex-16
penditure of funds appropriated or explicitly obligated, as 17
the case may be, for use beginning on October 1, 2016, 18
as well as any future funds appropriated by Congress. 19
(c) U
PHOLDNEGOTIATEDAGREEMENTS.—The Sec-20
retary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all agree-21
ments executed in writing between the Department of 22
Homeland Security and private citizens, State, local, and 23
Tribal governments, and other stakeholders are honored 24
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by the Department relating to current and future border 1
wall system construction as required by such agreements. 2
SEC. 3. DNA COLLECTION CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL 3
LAW. 4
Not later than 14 days after the date of the enact-5
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 6
ensure and certify to the Committee on Homeland Secu-7
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 8
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 9
Senate that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is fully 10
compliant with the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 at all 11
border facilities that process adults, including as part of 12
a family unit, in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border 13
Protection at the border. 14
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 15
In this Act: 16
(1) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -17
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-18
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-19
rity and the Committee on Appropriations of the 20
House of Representatives and the Committee on 21
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 22
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 23
(2) T
ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 24
‘‘tactical infrastructure’’ includes boat ramps, access 25
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gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated 1
with a border wall system. 2
(3) T
ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ in-3
cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 4
including linear ground detection systems, associated 5
with a border wall system. 6
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