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S 4294 117th Congress Senate Immigration

BUILD IT Act

Introduced: May 24, 2022 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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May 24, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 24, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border's Unused Idle and Lying Dormant Inventory Transfer Act or the BUILD IT Act

This bill requires the federal government to transfer, upon request, materials associated with the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the governments of the states along that border (i.e., Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). The transferred materials must be used to construct a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.

What's happening now May 24, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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