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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a separate account in the Treasury to hold deposits to be |
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| 6 | 6 | | used to secure the southern border of the United States, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGSof Arizona (for himself and Ms. MACE) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in |
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| 13 | 13 | | addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Foreign |
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| 14 | 14 | | Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, and Appropria- |
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| 15 | 15 | | tions, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each |
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| 16 | 16 | | case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To establish a separate account in the Treasury to hold |
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| 20 | 20 | | deposits to be used to secure the southern border of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the United States, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fund and Complete 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the Border Wall Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. BORDER WALL TRUST FUND. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) E |
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| 32 | 32 | | STABLISHMENT OF FUND.—At the end of sub-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | chapter III of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | insert the following: 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘§ 3344. Secure the Southern Border Fund 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Treasury shall establish an account in the Treasury of the 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | United States, to be known as the ‘Secure the Southern 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Border Fund’, into which funds shall be deposited in ac-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | cordance with the Fund and Complete the Border Wall 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act and the amendments made by that Act. 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | PPROPRIATION.—Funds deposited in the Se-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | cure the Southern Border Fund shall be available until 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | expended. Such funds are authorized to be appropriated, 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | and are appropriated, to the Secretary of Homeland Secu-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | rity only— 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(1) to plan, design, construct, or maintain a 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | barrier along the international border between the 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | United States and Mexico; and 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(2) to purchase and maintain necessary vehi-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cles and equipment for U.S. Border Patrol agents. 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(c) L |
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| 56 | 56 | | IMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of the 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | funds deposited in the Secure the Southern Border Fund 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | may be used for the purpose described in subsection 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b)(2).’’. 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | for chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | by inserting at the end the following: 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘3344. Secure the Southern Border Fund.’’. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SEC. 3. BORDER CROSSING ACCOUNTABILITY AND SECU- |
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| 68 | 68 | | 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | RITY. 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (a) E |
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| 71 | 71 | | STIMATION OF ANNUALILLEGALBORDER 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | C |
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| 73 | 73 | | ROSSINGS.—Beginning with the first fiscal year that be-7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | gins after the date of the enactment of this Act, not later 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Sec-9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | retary of Homeland Security shall determine and report 10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | to the Secretary of State and the Committees on the Judi-11 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate— 12 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (1) the number of apprehensions that occurred 13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | during such fiscal year of aliens who entered the 14 |
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| 81 | 81 | | United States by illegally crossing the international 15 |
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| 82 | 82 | | land border between the United States and Mexico; 16 |
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| 83 | 83 | | and 17 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) the nationality of aliens described in para-18 |
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| 85 | 85 | | graph (1). 19 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (b) R |
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| 87 | 87 | | EDUCTION OFFOREIGNASSISTANCE.— 20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (1) I |
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| 89 | 89 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided under 21 |
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| 90 | 90 | | paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall propor-22 |
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| 91 | 91 | | tionately reduce the amount of Federal financial as-23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | sistance provided to a foreign state for the fiscal 24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | year in which a report under subsection (a) is made 25 |
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| 97 | 97 | | by a total of $2,000 for each alien described in such 1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | report who is a citizen or national of that country. 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (2) E |
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| 100 | 100 | | XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 3 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (1), the Secretary of State may opt not to reduce 4 |
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| 102 | 102 | | the amounts appropriated for the Government of 5 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Mexico from the International Military Education 6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | and Training Fund, the International Narcotics 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | Control and Law Enforcement Fund, and the fund 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | to carry out nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, de-9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | mining, and related programs and activities. 10 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (c) T |
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| 109 | 109 | | RANSFER OFFUNDSTOSECURE THESOUTH-11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ERNBORDERFUND.—The Secretary of State, in con-12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Secretary of the Treasury, shall transfer funds described 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | in subsection (b) into the Secure the Southern Border 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Fund established by the amendment made by section 2 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | of this Act. 17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | SEC. 4. FEES FOR CERTAIN REMITTANCE TRANSFERS. 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | Section 920 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (re-19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | lating to remittance transfers) (15 U.S.C. 1693o–1) is 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | amended— 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | section (h); and 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | lowing: 25 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(g) SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDERFUND 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | F |
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| 129 | 129 | | EE.— 2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 131 | 131 | | N GENERAL.—If the designated recipient 3 |
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| 132 | 132 | | of a remittance transfer is located outside of the 4 |
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| 133 | 133 | | United States, a remittance transfer provider shall 5 |
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| 134 | 134 | | collect from the sender of such remittance transfer 6 |
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| 135 | 135 | | a remittance fee equal to 5 percent of the United 7 |
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| 136 | 136 | | States dollar amount to be transferred. 8 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(2) T |
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| 138 | 138 | | RANSFER OF FUNDS .—Not later than 90 9 |
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| 139 | 139 | | days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 10 |
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| 140 | 140 | | the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 11 |
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| 141 | 141 | | the Bureau and remittance transfer providers, shall 12 |
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| 142 | 142 | | develop and make available a system for remittance 13 |
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| 143 | 143 | | transfer providers to submit the remittance fees col-14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | lected in accordance with paragraph (1) to the Se-15 |
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| 145 | 145 | | cure the Southern Border Fund established under 16 |
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| 146 | 146 | | section 3344 of title 31, United States Code. 17 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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| 148 | 148 | | ENALTIES.— 18 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(A) Whoever, with the intent to evade a 19 |
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| 150 | 150 | | remittance fee to be collected in accordance 20 |
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| 151 | 151 | | with this subsection, and who has knowledge 21 |
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| 152 | 152 | | that, at the time of a remittance transfer, the 22 |
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| 153 | 153 | | value of the funds involved in the transfer will 23 |
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| 154 | 154 | | be further transferred to a recipient located 24 |
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| 155 | 155 | | outside of the United States, requests or facili-25 |
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| 159 | 159 | | tates such remittance transfer to a recipient lo-1 |
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| 160 | 160 | | cated outside of the United States shall be sub-2 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ject to a penalty of not more than $500,000 or 3 |
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| 162 | 162 | | twice the value of the funds involved in the re-4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | mittance transfer, whichever is greater, or im-5 |
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| 164 | 164 | | prisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. 6 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(B) Any foreign country that, in the joint 7 |
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| 166 | 166 | | determination of the Secretary of Homeland Se-8 |
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| 167 | 167 | | curity, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 9 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Secretary of State, aids or harbors an indi-10 |
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| 169 | 169 | | vidual conspiring to avoid the fee collected in 11 |
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| 170 | 170 | | accordance with this subsection shall be ineli-12 |
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| 171 | 171 | | gible to receive foreign assistance and to par-13 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ticipate in the visa waiver program or any other 14 |
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| 173 | 173 | | programs, at the discretion of the Secretaries 15 |
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| 174 | 174 | | described in this subparagraph.’’. 16 |
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| 175 | 175 | | SEC. 5. FEES FOR FORM I–94. 17 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (a) F |
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| 177 | 177 | | EEINCREASE.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-18 |
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| 178 | 178 | | curity shall increase the fee collected for services per-19 |
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| 179 | 179 | | formed in processing U.S. Customs and Border Protection 20 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Form I–94, Arrival/Departure Record, from $6 to $25. 21 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (b) D |
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| 182 | 182 | | ISPOSITION OFFEESCOLLECTED.—Notwith-22 |
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| 183 | 183 | | standing any other provision of law, including section 23 |
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| 184 | 184 | | 286(q) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 185 | 185 | | 1356(q)), all fees collected for services performed in proc-25 |
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| 189 | 189 | | essing U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form I–94 1 |
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| 190 | 190 | | shall be allocated as follows: 2 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (1) $6 shall be deposited in the Land Border 3 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Inspection Fee Account and used in accordance with 4 |
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| 193 | 193 | | such section 286(q). 5 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (2) To the extent provided in advance in appro-6 |
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| 195 | 195 | | priations Acts, $10 shall be used for salaries for 7 |
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| 196 | 196 | | U.S. Border Patrol agents. 8 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (3) $9 shall be deposited in the Secure the 9 |
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| 198 | 198 | | Southern Border Fund established by the amend-10 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ment made by section 2 of this Act. 11 |
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| 200 | 200 | | SEC. 6. CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL. 12 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (a) I |
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| 202 | 202 | | MPROVEMENT OF BARRIERS ATBORDER.—Sec-13 |
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| 203 | 203 | | tion 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-14 |
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| 204 | 204 | | grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 15 |
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| 205 | 205 | | 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 16 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-17 |
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| 207 | 207 | | lows: 18 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 209 | 209 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 19 |
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| 210 | 210 | | 2025, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such 20 |
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| 211 | 211 | | actions as may be necessary (including the removal of ob-21 |
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| 212 | 212 | | stacles to detection of illegal entrants) to design, test, con-22 |
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| 213 | 213 | | struct, and install physical barriers, roads, and technology 23 |
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| 214 | 214 | | along the international land border between the United 24 |
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| 218 | 218 | | States and Mexico to prevent illegal crossings in all 1 |
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| 219 | 219 | | areas.’’; 2 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 3 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 4 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-5 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ing ‘‘A |
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| 224 | 224 | | DDITIONAL FENCING’’ and inserting 6 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘F |
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| 226 | 226 | | ENCING’’; 7 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 8 |
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| 228 | 228 | | inserting the following: 9 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(A) P |
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| 230 | 230 | | HYSICAL BARRIERS.—In carrying 10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | out subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Security shall construct physical barriers, in-12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | cluding secondary barriers in locations where 13 |
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| 234 | 234 | | there is already a fence, along the international 14 |
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| 235 | 235 | | land border between the United States and 15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Mexico that will prevent illegal entry and will 16 |
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| 237 | 237 | | assist in gaining operational control of the bor-17 |
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| 238 | 238 | | der (as defined in section 2(b) of the Secure 18 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public 19 |
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| 240 | 240 | | Law 109–367)).’’; 20 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 21 |
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| 242 | 242 | | redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) 22 |
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| 243 | 243 | | as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-23 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (iv) in subparagraph (B), as so redes-1 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ignated— 2 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (I) by striking clause (i) and in-3 |
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| 251 | 251 | | serting the following: 4 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 253 | 253 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out 5 |
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| 254 | 254 | | this section, the Secretary of Homeland 6 |
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| 255 | 255 | | Security shall, before constructing physical 7 |
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| 256 | 256 | | barriers in a specific area or region, con-8 |
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| 257 | 257 | | sult with the Secretary of the Interior, the 9 |
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| 258 | 258 | | Secretary of Agriculture, appropriate Fed-10 |
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| 259 | 259 | | eral, State, local, and Tribal governments, 11 |
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| 260 | 260 | | and appropriate private property owners in 12 |
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| 261 | 261 | | the United States to minimize the impact 13 |
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| 262 | 262 | | on the environment, culture, commerce, 14 |
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| 263 | 263 | | and quality of life for the communities and 15 |
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| 264 | 264 | | residents located near the sites at which 16 |
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| 265 | 265 | | such physical barriers are to be con-17 |
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| 266 | 266 | | structed. Nothing in this paragraph should 18 |
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| 267 | 267 | | be construed to limit the Secretary of 19 |
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| 268 | 268 | | Homeland Security’s authority to move 20 |
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| 269 | 269 | | forward with construction after consulta-21 |
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| 270 | 270 | | tion.’’; 22 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (II) by redesignating clause (ii) 23 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (III) by inserting after clause (i), 1 |
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| 277 | 277 | | as amended, the following new clause: 2 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ‘‘(ii) N |
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| 280 | 280 | | 60 days after the consultation required 4 |
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| 281 | 281 | | under clause (i), the Secretary of Home-5 |
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| 282 | 282 | | land Security shall notify the Committees 6 |
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| 283 | 283 | | on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | resentatives and of the Senate, the Com-8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | mittee on Homeland Security of the House 9 |
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| 286 | 286 | | of Representatives, and the Committee on 10 |
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| 288 | 288 | | fairs of the Senate of the type of physical 12 |
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| 289 | 289 | | barriers, tactical infrastructure, or tech-13 |
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| 290 | 290 | | nology the Secretary has determined is 14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | most practical and effective to achieve situ-15 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ational awareness and operational control 16 |
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| 293 | 293 | | in a specific area or region and the other 17 |
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| 294 | 294 | | alternatives the Secretary considered be-18 |
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| 295 | 295 | | fore making such a determination.’’; and 19 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (v) by striking subparagraph (C), as 20 |
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| 297 | 297 | | so redesignated, and inserting the fol-21 |
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| 298 | 298 | | lowing: 22 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ‘‘(C) L |
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| 301 | 301 | | Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), nothing in 24 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Homeland Security to install fencing, physical 1 |
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| 307 | 307 | | barriers, or roads in a particular location along 2 |
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| 308 | 308 | | the international border between the United 3 |
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| 309 | 309 | | States and Mexico, if the Secretary determines 4 |
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| 310 | 310 | | there is a pre-existing geographical barrier or 5 |
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| 311 | 311 | | pre-constructed, impenetrable wall. The Sec-6 |
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| 312 | 312 | | retary shall notify the Committees on the Judi-7 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ciary of the House of Representatives and the 8 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 9 |
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| 315 | 315 | | of the House of Representatives, and the Com-10 |
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| 316 | 316 | | mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-11 |
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| 317 | 317 | | mental Affairs of the Senate of any decision not 12 |
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| 318 | 318 | | to install fencing in accordance with this provi-13 |
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| 319 | 319 | | sion within 30 days of such a determination 14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | being made.’’; 15 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (B) in paragraph (2)— 16 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-18 |
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| 324 | 324 | | curity’’; and 19 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘fences’’ and inserting 20 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ‘‘physical barriers and roads’’; and 21 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (C) in paragraph (3)— 22 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ 23 |
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| 329 | 329 | | and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘additional fencing’’ 1 |
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| 335 | 335 | | and inserting ‘‘physical barriers and 2 |
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| 336 | 336 | | roads’’; and 3 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 4 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (1) to read as follows: 5 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 340 | 340 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 6 |
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| 341 | 341 | | provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 7 |
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| 342 | 342 | | shall have the authority to waive all legal require-8 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ments the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole discre-9 |
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| 344 | 344 | | tion, determines necessary to ensure the expeditious 10 |
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| 345 | 345 | | design, testing, construction, installation, deploy-11 |
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| 346 | 346 | | ment, operation, and maintenance of physical bar-12 |
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| 347 | 347 | | riers, roads, and technology under this section. Any 13 |
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| 348 | 348 | | such decision by the Secretary shall be effective 14 |
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| 349 | 349 | | upon publication in the Federal Register.’’. 15 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (b) A |
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| 351 | 351 | | CHIEVINGOPERATIONALCONTROL ON THE 16 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ORDER.—Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Secure Fence 17 |
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| 354 | 354 | | Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended, in the mat-18 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘18 months after 19 |
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| 356 | 356 | | the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘De-20 |
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| 357 | 357 | | cember 31, 2025’’. 21 |
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| 361 | 361 | | SEC. 7. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT FOR U.S. BORDER PA-1 |
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| 362 | 362 | | TROL. 2 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (a) I |
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| 364 | 364 | | NGENERAL.—Section 7 of the Fair Labor 3 |
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| 365 | 365 | | Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by 4 |
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| 366 | 366 | | adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(r) E |
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| 368 | 368 | | MPLOYMENT AS A BORDERPATROLAGENT.— 6 |
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| 369 | 369 | | No public agency shall be deemed to have violated sub-7 |
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| 370 | 370 | | section (a) with respect to the employment of any Border 8 |
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| 371 | 371 | | Patrol agent (as defined in section 5550 of title 5, United 9 |
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| 372 | 372 | | States Code) if, during a work period of 14 consecutive 10 |
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| 373 | 373 | | days, the Border Patrol agent receives compensation at 11 |
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| 374 | 374 | | a rate that is not less than 150 percent of the regular 12 |
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| 375 | 375 | | rate at which the agent is employed for all hours of work 13 |
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| 376 | 376 | | from 80 hours to 100 hours. Payments required under this 14 |
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| 377 | 377 | | section shall be in addition to any payments made under 15 |
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| 378 | 378 | | such section, and shall be made notwithstanding any pay 16 |
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| 379 | 379 | | limitations set forth in such title.’’. 17 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (b) T |
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| 381 | 381 | | ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 18 |
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| 382 | 382 | | Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 19 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (18) 20 |
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| 384 | 384 | | and redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (18). 21 |
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| 385 | 385 | | SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. 22 |
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| 386 | 386 | | If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made 23 |
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| 387 | 387 | | by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-24 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, 25 |
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| 389 | 389 | | the remainder of this Act, or an amendment made by this 26 |
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| 393 | 393 | | Act, or the application of such provision to other persons 1 |
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| 394 | 394 | | or circumstances, shall not be affected. 2 |
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