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S 188 116th Congress Senate

Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to make revenue from certain duties imposed on goods imported from the People's Republic of China available for border security, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 17, 2019 Introduced by: Hyde-Smith, Cindy Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
Immigration AsiaBorder security and unlawful immigrationChinaDepartment of Homeland Security
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 Latest action January 17, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019

This bill allocates funds from certain duties imposed on Chinese goods toward the construction of physical barriers and roads along the southwest border of the United States. Such funds shall be equivalent to 50% of certain duties imposed in response to Chinese actions that violate a trade agreement or impose an unjustifiable restriction on U.S. commerce. The funds shall be available to the Department of Homeland Security for such border construction without further appropriation.


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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 188: Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-188/
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"S. 188: Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-188/.
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S. 188, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-188/.
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