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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 163
5	5	To immediately resume construction of the border wall system along the
6	6	international border between the United States and Mexico to secure
7	7	the border, enforce the rule of law, and expend appropriated funds
8	8	as mandated by Congress, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JANUARY3, 2025
11	11	Mr. H
12	12	IGGINSof Louisiana (for himself, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr.
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14	14	EUSER, Mr. CLINE, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr.
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16	16	EENSTRA, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. ROSE, Mr. EZELL, Ms. MACE, Mr.
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18	18	OST, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. ROY, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mrs.
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20	20	UNA, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. CRANK, Mr. TAYLOR, Mrs. HARSHBARGER,
21	21	and Mr. G
22	22	UEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
23	23	Committee on Homeland Security A BILL
24	24	To immediately resume construction of the border wall sys-
25	25	tem along the international border between the United
26	26	States and Mexico to secure the border, enforce the
27	27	rule of law, and expend appropriated funds as mandated
28	28	by Congress, and for other purposes.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
30	30	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
31	31	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
32	32	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Finish the Wall Act’’. 4
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36	36	SEC. 2. BORDER WALL SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION. 1
37	37	(a)(1) I
38	38	MMEDIATELYRESUMEBORDERWALLSYS-2
39	39	TEMCONSTRUCTION.—Not later than 24 hours after the 3
40	40	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-4
41	41	land Security shall resume all activities related to the con-5
42	42	struction of the border barrier system (also known as, and 6
43	43	referred to in this Act as, the ‘‘border wall system’’) along 7
44	44	the international border between the United States and 8
45	45	Mexico that were underway or being planned for prior to 9
46	46	January 20, 2021. 10
47	47	(2) N
48	48	OCANCELLATIONS.—The Secretary of Home-11
49	49	land Security may not cancel any contract for activities 12
50	50	related to border wall system construction referred to in 13
51	51	paragraph (1) that was entered into on or before January 14
52	52	20, 2021. 15
53	53	(3) U
54	54	SE OFFUNDS.—The Secretary of Homeland 16
55	55	Security shall expend all funds appropriated or explicitly 17
56	56	obligated for border wall system construction referred to 18
57	57	in paragraph (1) that were appropriated or obligated, as 19
58	58	the case may be, beginning on October 1, 2016, to carry 20
59	59	out this Act. 21
60	60	(4) I
61	61	MPLEMENTATION PLAN FORBORDERWALL 22
62	62	S
63	63	YSTEM.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 23
64	64	enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 24
65	65	shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 25
66	66	an implementation plan to complete, by not later than 26
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70	70	September 30, 2026, border wall system construction re-1
71	71	ferred to in paragraph (1) and funded in accordance with 2
72	72	paragraph (3). 3
73	73	(b) P
74	74	LANTOCOMPLETETACTICALINFRASTRUC-4
75	75	TURE ANDTECHNOLOGYELEMENTS OFBORDERWALL 5
76	76	S
77	77	YSTEM.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 6
78	78	enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 7
79	79	shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 8
80	80	an implementation plan, including quarterly benchmarks 9
81	81	and cost estimates, for satisfying all requirements of bor-10
82	82	der wall system construction referred to in subsection 11
83	83	(a)(1), including tactical infrastructure, technology, and 12
84	84	other elements as identified by the Department of Home-13
85	85	land Security prior to January 20, 2021, through the ex-14
86	86	penditure of funds appropriated or explicitly obligated, as 15
87	87	the case may be, for use beginning on October 1, 2016, 16
88	88	as well as any future funds appropriated by Congress. 17
89	89	(c) U
90	90	PHOLDNEGOTIATEDAGREEMENTS.—The Sec-18
91	91	retary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all agree-19
92	92	ments executed in writing between the Department of 20
93	93	Homeland Security and private citizens, State, local, and 21
94	94	Tribal governments, and other stakeholders are honored 22
95	95	by the Department relating to current and future border 23
96	96	wall system construction as required by such agreements. 24
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100	100	SEC. 3. DNA COLLECTION CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL 1
101	101	LAW. 2
102	102	Not later than 14 days after the date of the enact-3
103	103	ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 4
104	104	ensure and certify to the Committee on Homeland Secu-5
105	105	rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 6
106	106	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 7
107	107	Senate that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is fully 8
108	108	compliant with the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 at all 9
109	109	border facilities that process adults, including as part of 10
110	110	a family unit, in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border 11
111	111	Protection at the border. 12
112	112	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 13
113	113	In this Act: 14
114	114	(1) A
115	115	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
116	116	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
117	117	mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-17
118	118	rity and the Committee on Appropriations of the 18
119	119	House of Representatives and the Committee on 19
120	120	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 20
121	121	the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 21
122	122	(2) T
123	123	ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 22
124	124	‘‘tactical infrastructure’’ includes boat ramps, access 23
125	125	gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated 24
126	126	with a border wall system. 25
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130	130	(3) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ in-1
131	131	cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 2
132	132	including linear ground detection systems, associated 3
133	133	with a border wall system. 4
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