US Congress House Bill 256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to accept gifts of money to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier along the U.S-Mexico border. Treasury shall establish the Border Wall Fund and website for that purpose. Treasury shall also provide public outreach to educate the public about the fund's existence. The money deposited in the fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of such a border barrier, and may not be used for any other purpose.

People’s Border Wall Fund Act

Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. John Rose [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2019-01-04	House	Introduced in House

HB32 (Related) 2019-01-15 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H594)
HB200 (Related) 2019-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/256/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr256/BILLS-116hr256ih.pdf