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4	4	STSESSION S. 293
5	5	To appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a border wall between
6	6	the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY29, 2025
9	9	Mrs. B
10	10	RITT(for herself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. RISCH, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ROUNDS,
11	11	and Mr. W
12	12	ICKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
13	13	referred to the Committee on Finance
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a
16	16	border wall between the United States and Mexico, and
17	17	for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘WALL Act of 2025’’. 4
22	22	SEC. 2. MANDATORY SPENDING FOR BORDER WALL. 5
23	23	(a) I
24	24	NGENERAL.—There is appropriated 6
25	25	$25,000,000,000 for the purpose of constructing a phys-7
26	26	ical barrier along the southern land border of the United 8
27	27	States. 9
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31	31	(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 1
32	32	subsection (a) shall remain available until expended for 2
33	33	the purpose described in subsection (a). 3
34	34	SEC. 3. OFFSETS. 4
35	35	(a) E
36	36	LIGIBILITY FORCHILDTAXCREDIT.— 5
37	37	(1) I
38	38	N GENERAL.—Section 24(e) of the Internal 6
39	39	Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol-7
40	40	lows: 8
41	41	‘‘(e) I
42	42	DENTIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS.— 9
43	43	‘‘(1) I
44	44	N GENERAL.—No credit shall be allowed 10
45	45	under this section to a taxpayer with respect to any 11
46	46	qualifying child unless the taxpayer includes on the 12
47	47	return of tax for the taxable year— 13
48	48	‘‘(A) the name of such qualifying child, 14
49	49	and 15
50	50	‘‘(B) the valid identification number of the 16
51	51	taxpayer (and, in the case of a joint return, the 17
52	52	taxpayer’s spouse) and such qualifying child. 18
53	53	‘‘(2) V
54	54	ALID IDENTIFICATION NUMBER .— 19
55	55	‘‘(A) I
56	56	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this 20
57	57	subsection, the term ‘valid identification num-21
58	58	ber’ means— 22
59	59	‘‘(i) in the case of the taxpayer and 23
60	60	any spouse of the taxpayer, a social secu-24
61	61	rity number issued to the individual by the 25
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64	64	•S 293 IS
65	65	Social Security Administration on or before 1
66	66	the due date for filing the return for the 2
67	67	taxable year, and 3
68	68	‘‘(ii) in the case of a qualifying child, 4
69	69	a social security number issued to such 5
70	70	child by the Social Security Administration 6
71	71	on or before the due date for filing such 7
72	72	return. 8
73	73	‘‘(B) E
74	74	XCEPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS PRO -9
75	75	HIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN EMPLOYMENT IN 10
76	76	UNITED STATES.—For purposes of subpara-11
77	77	graph (A)(i) and subsection (h)(4)(C), the term 12
78	78	‘social security number’ shall not include the so-13
79	79	cial security number of an individual who is 14
80	80	prohibited from engaging in employment in the 15
81	81	United States.’’. 16
82	82	(2) C
83	83	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Subsection 17
84	84	(h) of section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 18
85	85	1986 is amended— 19
86	86	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(7)’’ 20
87	87	and inserting ‘‘(6)’’, 21
88	88	(B) in paragraph (4), by amending sub-22
89	89	paragraph (C) to read as follows: 23
90	90	‘‘(C) S
91	91	OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER RE -24
92	92	QUIRED.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 25
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96	96	with respect to any dependent of the taxpayer 1
97	97	unless the taxpayer includes on the return of 2
98	98	tax for the taxable year, for both the taxpayer 3
99	99	and the dependent, a social security number 4
100	100	issued to each such individual by the Social Se-5
101	101	curity Administration on or before the due date 6
102	102	for filing such return.’’, and 7
103	103	(C) by striking paragraph (7). 8
104	104	(3) E
105	105	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 9
106	106	by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-10
107	107	ing after the date of the enactment of this Act. 11
108	108	(b) I
109	109	NDIVIDUALSPROHIBITEDFROMENGAGING IN 12
110	110	E
111	111	MPLOYMENT IN UNITEDSTATESNOTELIGIBLE FOR 13
112	112	E
113	113	ARNEDINCOMETAXCREDIT.— 14
114	114	(1) I
115	115	N GENERAL.—Subsection (m) of section 32 15
116	116	of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to 16
117	117	read as follows: 17
118	118	‘‘(m) I
119	119	DENTIFICATIONNUMBERS.— 18
120	120	‘‘(1) I
121	121	N GENERAL.—Solely for purposes of sub-19
122	122	sections (c)(1)(E) and (c)(3)(D), a taxpayer identi-20
123	123	fication number means a social security number 21
124	124	issued to an individual by the Social Security Ad-22
125	125	ministration on or before the due date for filing the 23
126	126	return for the taxable year. 24
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130	130	‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS PROHIB -1
131	131	ITED FROM ENGAGING IN EMPLOYMENT IN UNITED 2
132	132	STATES.—For purposes of paragraph (1), in the 3
133	133	case of subsection (c)(1)(E), the term ‘social security 4
134	134	number’ shall not include the social security number 5
135	135	of an individual who is prohibited from engaging in 6
136	136	employment in the United States.’’. 7
137	137	(2) E
138	138	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 8
139	139	by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-9
140	140	ing after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10
141	141	(c) I
142	142	DENTIFICATIONREQUIREMENT FOR AMERICAN 11
143	143	O
144	144	PPORTUNITY ANDLIFETIMELEARNINGCREDITS.— 12
145	145	(1) I
146	146	N GENERAL.—Section 25A(g)(1) of the In-13
147	147	ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 14
148	148	at the end the following new subparagraph: 15
149	149	‘‘(C) S
150	150	OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER RE -16
151	151	QUIRED.— 17
152	152	‘‘(i) I
153	153	N GENERAL.—For purposes of 18
154	154	this paragraph, the term ‘taxpayer identi-19
155	155	fication number’ means a social security 20
156	156	number issued to an individual by the So-21
157	157	cial Security Administration. 22
158	158	‘‘(ii) E
159	159	XCEPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS 23
160	160	PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN EMPLOY -24
161	161	MENT IN UNITED STATES .—For purposes 25
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165	165	of clause (i), the term ‘social security num-1
166	166	ber’ shall not include the social security 2
167	167	number of an individual who is prohibited 3
168	168	from engaging in employment in the 4
169	169	United States.’’. 5
170	170	(2) E
171	171	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 6
172	172	by this subsection shall apply to all taxable years 7
173	173	ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 8
174	174	(d) F
175	175	EES FORFILING ATAXRETURNUSING AN 9
176	176	ITIN.— 10
177	177	(1) I
178	178	N GENERAL.—Section 6109(i) of the Inter-11
179	179	nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 12
180	180	the end the following new paragraph: 13
181	181	‘‘(5) F
182	182	EE FOR FILING TAX RETURN USING AN 14
183	183	ITIN.— 15
184	184	‘‘(A) I
185	185	N GENERAL.—In the case of any in-16
186	186	dividual income tax return filed by a taxpayer 17
187	187	residing in the United States, the Secretary 18
188	188	shall require the taxpayer to pay a fee for each 19
189	189	such return filed in an amount equal to the 20
190	190	product of— 21
191	191	‘‘(i) the total number of individuals 22
192	192	included on such return (including any 23
193	193	spouse or dependent of the taxpayer) with 24
194	194	respect to whom an individual taxpayer 25
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197	197	•S 293 IS
198	198	identification number has been issued, 1
199	199	multiplied by 2
200	200	‘‘(ii) $300. 3
201	201	‘‘(B) E
202	202	XCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) 4
203	203	shall not apply to any individual who has re-5
204	204	ported to the Secretary that their social security 6
205	205	number has been subject to theft, misuse, or 7
206	206	misappropriation by another person.’’. 8
207	207	(2) E
208	208	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 9
209	209	by this subsection shall apply to returns the due 10
210	210	date for which (determined without regard to exten-11
211	211	sions) is after the date of the enactment of this Act. 12
212	212	(e) E
213	213	NSURINGVALIDITY OFSOCIALSECURITYNUM-13
214	214	BERS.— 14
215	215	(1) I
216	216	N GENERAL.—Section 6109 of the Internal 15
217	217	Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after 16
218	218	subsection (d) the following new subsection: 17
219	219	‘‘(e) C
220	220	ONFIRMATION OF SOCIALSECURITYNUM-18
221	221	BERS.—For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (3) of sub-19
222	222	section (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the Com-20
223	223	missioner of Social Security, shall verify that any social 21
224	224	security account number submitted by a person, or with 22
225	225	respect to another person, in any return, statement, or 23
226	226	other document is— 24
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230	230	‘‘(1) the correct social security account number 1
231	231	as issued to such person by the Commissioner of So-2
232	232	cial Security, and 3
233	233	‘‘(2) valid and otherwise unexpired as of the 4
234	234	date of submission of such return, statement, or 5
235	235	other document.’’. 6
236	236	(2) E
237	237	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 7
238	238	by this subsection shall apply to returns, statements, 8
239	239	and other documents submitted after the date of the 9
240	240	enactment of this Act. 10
241	241	(f) R
242	242	EQUIRINGAGENCIESTOUSEE-VERIFYTO 11
243	243	C
244	244	ONFIRMSATISFACTORYIMMIGRATIONSTATUS FORELI-12
245	245	GIBILITY FORCERTAINFEDERALLYFUNDEDBENE-13
246	246	FITS.— 14
247	247	(1) I
248	248	N GENERAL.—Section 1137(a) of the So-15
249	249	cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7(a)) is amend-16
250	250	ed— 17
251	251	(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 18
252	252	and inserting a semicolon; 19
253	253	(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-20
254	254	riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 21
255	255	(C) by adding at the end the following: 22
256	256	‘‘(8) with respect to any applicant for, or recipi-23
257	257	ent of, benefits under a program listed in subsection 24
258	258	(b) who is a noncitizen and whose eligibility for such 25
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261	261	•S 293 IS
262	262	benefits is conditional upon such applicant or recipi-1
263	263	ent having an immigration status that allows the ap-2
264	264	plicant or recipient to work in the United States, the 3
265	265	State agency administering such program shall use 4
266	266	the employment eligibility confirmation program de-5
267	267	scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration 6
268	268	Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 7
269	269	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note) (also known as ‘E–Verify’) to 8
270	270	confirm that such applicant or recipient has such 9
271	271	status, and shall deny eligibility for such benefits to 10
272	272	any such applicant or recipient who does not have 11
273	273	such status.’’. 12
274	274	(2) F
275	275	EDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS .— 13
276	276	(A) Section 8(o)(6) of the United States 14
277	277	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)) is 15
278	278	amended by adding at the end the following: 16
279	279	‘‘(D) V
280	280	ERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STA -17
281	281	TUS.—For each dwelling unit for which a hous-18
282	282	ing assistance payment contract is established 19
283	283	under this subsection, the public housing agen-20
284	284	cy shall, with respect to any prospective tenant 21
285	285	of the dwelling unit who is a noncitizen and 22
286	286	whose eligibility for assistance is conditional 23
287	287	upon the tenant having an immigration status 24
288	288	that allows the tenant to work in the United 25
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292	292	States, use the employment eligibility confirma-1
293	293	tion program described in section 403(a) of the 2
294	294	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re-3
295	295	sponsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 4
296	296	(commonly known as ‘E–Verify’) to confirm 5
297	297	that the tenant has such status and shall deny 6
298	298	eligibility for such assistance to any tenant who 7
299	299	does not have such status.’’. 8
300	300	(B) Section 8(o)(13) of the United States 9
301	301	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 10
302	302	is amended by adding at the end the following: 11
303	303	‘‘(P) V
304	304	ERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STA -12
305	305	TUS.—For each dwelling unit in a project for 13
306	306	which a housing assistance payment contract is 14
307	307	established under this subsection, the public 15
308	308	housing agency shall, with respect to any pro-16
309	309	spective tenant of the dwelling unit who is a 17
310	310	noncitizen and whose eligibility for assistance is 18
311	311	conditional upon the tenant having an immigra-19
312	312	tion status that allows the tenant to work in the 20
313	313	United States, use the employment eligibility 21
314	314	confirmation program described in section 22
315	315	403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 23
316	316	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 24
317	317	1324a note) (commonly known as ‘E–Verify’) 25
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321	321	to confirm that the tenant has such status and 1
322	322	shall deny eligibility for such assistance to any 2
323	323	tenant who does not have such status.’’. 3
324	324	(C) Section 3(a) of the United States 4
325	325	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is 5
326	326	amended by adding at the end the following: 6
327	327	‘‘(10) V
328	328	ERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STA -7
329	329	TUS.—For each public housing dwelling unit owned, 8
330	330	assisted, or operated by a public housing agency, the 9
331	331	public housing agency shall, with respect to any pro-10
332	332	spective tenant of the dwelling unit who is a noncit-11
333	333	izen and whose eligibility for assistance is condi-12
334	334	tional upon the tenant having an immigration status 13
335	335	that allows the tenant to work in the United States, 14
336	336	use the employment eligibility confirmation program 15
337	337	described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigra-16
338	338	tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 17
339	339	1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) (commonly known as 18
340	340	‘E–Verify’) to confirm that the tenant has such sta-19
341	341	tus and shall deny eligibility for such assistance to 20
342	342	any tenant who does not have such status.’’. 21
343	343	(D) Section 202(i) of the Housing Act of 22
344	344	1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(i)) is amended by add-23
345	345	ing at the end the following: 24
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349	349	‘‘(3) VERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STA -1
350	350	TUS.—For each dwelling unit assisted under this 2
351	351	section, the owner shall, with respect to any prospec-3
352	352	tive tenant of the dwelling unit who is a noncitizen 4
353	353	and whose eligibility for assistance is conditional 5
354	354	upon the tenant having an immigration status that 6
355	355	allows the tenant to work in the United States, use 7
356	356	the employment eligibility confirmation program de-8
357	357	scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration 9
358	358	Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 10
359	359	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note) (commonly known as ‘E– 11
360	360	Verify’) to confirm that the tenant has such status 12
361	361	and shall deny eligibility for such assistance to any 13
362	362	tenant who does not have such status.’’. 14
363	363	(E) Section 811(i)(1) of the Cranston-Gon-15
364	364	zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 16
365	365	U.S.C. 8013(i)(1)) is amended by adding at the 17
366	366	end the following: 18
367	367	‘‘(E) V
368	368	ERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STA -19
369	369	TUS.—For each dwelling unit assisted under 20
370	370	this section, the owner shall, with respect to 21
371	371	any prospective tenant of the dwelling unit who 22
372	372	is a noncitizen and whose eligibility for assist-23
373	373	ance is conditional upon the tenant having an 24
374	374	immigration status that allows the tenant to 25
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378	378	work in the United States, use the employment 1
379	379	eligibility confirmation program described in 2
380	380	section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-3
381	381	form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 4
382	382	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note) (commonly known as 5
383	383	‘E–Verify’) to confirm that the tenant has such 6
384	384	status and shall deny eligibility for such assist-7
385	385	ance to any tenant who does not have such sta-8
386	386	tus.’’. 9
387	387	(3) R
388	388	ULEMAKING.— 10
389	389	(A) I
390	390	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-11
391	391	culture, the Secretary of Health and Human 12
392	392	Services, and the Secretary of Labor shall pro-13
393	393	mulgate rules to implement section 1137(a)(8) 14
394	394	of the Social Security Act, as added by para-15
395	395	graph (1), which requires the use of E–Verify 16
396	396	to verify applicant eligibility for certain pro-17
397	397	grams administered by their respective depart-18
398	398	ments. 19
399	399	(B) H
400	400	OUSING PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 20
401	401	of Housing and Urban Development shall pro-21
402	402	mulgate rules to implement amendments made 22
403	403	by subparagraphs (A) through (E) of para-23
404	404	graph (2), which require the use of E–Verify to 24
405	405	verify tenant eligibility for housing assistance 25
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409	409	programs administered by the Department of 1
410	410	Housing and Urban Development. 2
411	411	(4) E
412	412	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 3
413	413	by this subsection shall take effect on the date of en-4
414	414	actment of this Act. 5
415	415	SEC. 4. MINIMUM FINES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY AND OVER-6
416	416	STAY. 7
417	417	(a) I
418	418	LLEGALENTRY.—Chapter 8 of title II of the Im-8
419	419	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.) is 9
420	420	amended— 10
421	421	(1) in section 275 (8 U.S.C. 1325)— 11
422	422	(A) in subsection (a)— 12
423	423	(i) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; 13
424	424	(ii) by striking ‘‘or (2)’’; 14
425	425	(iii) by striking ‘‘(3)’’; and 15
426	426	(iv) by striking ‘‘shall, for’’ and all 16
427	427	that follows and inserting the following: 17
428	428	‘‘shall— 18
429	429	‘‘(1) for the first commission of any such of-19
430	430	fense, be fined in accordance with subsection (b), 20
431	431	imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both; and 21
432	432	‘‘(2) for a subsequent commission of any such 22
433	433	offense, be fined in accordance with subsection (b), 23
434	434	imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.’’; and 24
435	435	(B) in subsection (b)— 25
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439	439	(i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Any 1
440	440	alien’’; 2
441	441	(ii) by striking ‘‘civil penalty of’’ and 3
442	442	all that follows through the period at the 4
443	443	end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘civil 5
444	444	penalty in an amount equal to not less 6
445	445	than $3,000 and not more than $10,000.’’; 7
446	446	and 8
447	447	(iii) in the undesignated matter at the 9
448	448	end, by striking ‘‘Civil penalties’’ and in-10
449	449	serting the following: 11
450	450	‘‘(2) Civil penalties’’; and 12
451	451	(2) in section 276 (8 U.S.C. 1326), by amend-13
452	452	ing subsection (a) to read as follows: 14
453	453	‘‘(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (b), 15
454	454	any alien who, after being denied admission, excluded, de-16
455	455	ported, or removed or after departing the United States 17
456	456	while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is out-18
457	457	standing, enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found 19
458	458	in, the United States, shall be subject to a civil penalty 20
459	459	in an amount equal to not less than $3,000 and not more 21
460	460	than $10,000. 22
461	461	‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an alien de-23
462	462	scribed in such paragraph shall not be subject to the civil 24
463	463	penalty described in such paragraph if— 25
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466	466	•S 293 IS
467	467	‘‘(A) before reembarking at a place outside the 1
468	468	United States or applying for admission from a for-2
469	469	eign contiguous territory, the Secretary of Homeland 3
470	470	Security has expressly consented to such alien’s re-4
471	471	applying for admission; or 5
472	472	‘‘(B) with respect to an alien previously denied 6
473	473	admission and removed, such alien establishes that 7
474	474	he or she was not required to obtain such advance 8
475	475	consent under this Act.’’. 9
476	476	(b) O
477	477	VERSTAY.—Section 222(g) of the Immigration 10
478	478	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(g)) is amended by 11
479	479	adding at the end the following: 12
480	480	‘‘(3) An alien described in paragraph (1) shall be sub-13
481	481	ject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to the product 14
482	482	of $50 multiplied by the number of months the alien re-15
483	483	mained in the United States beyond the alien’s authorized 16
484	484	period of stay.’’. 17
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