Redirecting Resources to the Border Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2180 To relocate fencing around the Capitol Buildings and the United States Capitol Grounds, and to direct the Secretary of Defense to reassign members of the National Guard deployed to the National Capital Region to the southern land border of the United States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 23, 2021 Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BUDD, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. FALLON, Mr. ARRINGTON, Ms. HERRELL, and Mr. BAIRD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To relocate fencing around the Capitol Buildings and the United States Capitol Grounds, and to direct the Sec- retary of Defense to reassign members of the National Guard deployed to the National Capital Region to the southern land border of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2180.IH H2180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2180 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redirecting Resources 2 to the Border Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF FENCING AROUND THE CAPITOL 4 BUILDINGS AND THE UNITED STATES CAP- 5 ITOL GROUNDS; REASSIGNMENT OF MEM- 6 BERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED 7 TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION. 8 (a) FENCING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 9 of the enactment of this Act, all covered fencing shall be 10 relocated to the southern land border of the United States. 11 (b) NATIONAL GUARD.—Not later than 30 days after 12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 13 Defense shall reassign covered members to support U.S. 14 Customs and Border Protection in securing the southern 15 land border of the United States. 16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17 (1) The term ‘‘covered duty’’ means duty per- 18 formed— 19 (A) in the National Capital Region; and 20 (B) in support of the mission in response 21 to the attacks on January 6, 2021, on the Cap- 22 itol Buildings and the United States Capitol 23 Grounds (described in sections 5101 and 5102 24 of title 40, United States Code). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2180.IH H2180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2180 IH (2) The term ‘‘covered fencing’’ means fencing 1 installed on or after January 6, 2021, around— 2 (A) the perimeter of any of the Capitol 3 Buildings described in section 5101 of title 40, 4 United States Code; or 5 (B) the perimeter of the United States 6 Capitol Grounds, or any portion thereof, de- 7 scribed in section 5102 of such title. 8 (3) The term ‘‘covered member’’ means a mem- 9 ber of the National Guard deployed to the National 10 Capital Region— 11 (A) on or after January 6, 2021; and 12 (B) to perform covered duty. 13 (4) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has 14 the meaning given that term in section 2674 of title 15 10, United States Code. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2180.IH H2180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS