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Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2008

Introduced: April 8, 2008 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Apr 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
Apr 8, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 8, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Border Improvement Trust Fund and allow individual taxpayers (other than nonresident aliens) to designate that $5.00 ($10.00 in the case of joint returns) of their income taxes be paid over to such Fund to install additional barriers and roads at the U.S. border.

What's happening now April 28, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5728: Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5728/
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"H.R. 5728: Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5728/.
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H.R. 5728, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5728/.
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