People’s Border Wall Fund Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 256 To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2019 Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. PERRY) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘People’s Border Wall 4 Fund Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. BORDER WALL FUND. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the end of subchapter III of 7 chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, insert the fol- 8 lowing: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H256.IH H256 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 256 IH ‘‘§ 3344. Border Wall Fund. 1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 2 ‘‘(1) RECEIVE GIFTS.—Notwithstanding section 3 3113 of title 31, the Secretary of the Treasury may 4 accept for the Government a gift of money on the 5 condition that it be used to plan, design, construct, 6 or maintain a barrier along the international border 7 between the United States and Mexico. 8 ‘‘(2) TRUST FUND.—Not later than 60 days 9 after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec- 10 retary of the Treasury shall— 11 ‘‘(A) establish an account, to be known as 12 the ‘Border Wall Fund’, into which money re- 13 ceived as gifts under this section shall be depos- 14 ited; and 15 ‘‘(B) create a publicly accessible website to 16 receive such gifts. 17 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretary of the 18 Treasury shall— 19 ‘‘(A) provide public outreach to educate 20 the public about the existence of the Border 21 Wall Fund; and 22 ‘‘(B) notify the public, on the Department 23 of the Treasury’s website, of the current 24 amount of funds in the Border Wall Fund and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H256.IH H256 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 256 IH the total amount donated over time to the Bor- 1 der Wall Fund. 2 ‘‘(4) APPROPRIATION.—Money deposited in the 3 Border Wall Trust Fund is appropriated to the Sec- 4 retary of Homeland Security and may be expended 5 to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier 6 along the international border between the United 7 States and Mexico. Such funds may not be used for 8 any other purpose.’’. 9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 10 for such chapter is amended by inserting at the end the 11 following: 12 ‘‘3344. Border Wall Fund.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H256.IH H256 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS