Border Wall Funding Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Wall Funding Act of 2017
This bill amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require a remittance transfer provider to collect from the sender a remittance fee of 2% of the U.S. dollar amount to be transferred to a recipient in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, or Argentina.
Such fees shall be submitted to the Treasury to be expended for improving border security. By September 30, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shall provide a system for remittance transfer providers to: (1) submit such fees, and (2) retain a portion of such fees to cover administrative costs.
The bill establishes penalties for individuals who, with intent to evade such fee, request or facilitate an initial transfer of such remittance to a recipient located in a different country. Countries that aid or harbor an individual conspiring to avoid the fee shall be ineligible to receive foreign assistance or participate in the visa waiver program or any other programs at the discretion of the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, and State.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2017 to May 15, 2018, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | May 15, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | May 15, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Apr 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 30, 2017Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Caribbean area
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Civil actions and liability
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- International Affairs
- International monetary system and foreign exchange
- Jamaica
- Latin America
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sanctions
- Suriname
- Turks and Caicos
- Uruguay
- User charges and fees
- Venezuela
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in House
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