HR 32 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Buy a Brick, Build the Wall Act of 2019

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 15, 2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H594)

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Buy a Brick, Build the Wall Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to accept gifts of money for designing, constructing, or maintaining a barrier on the U.S. and Mexico border. Treasury shall establish a trust fund and website for that purpose.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 23, 2019, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-OHJim JordanOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-COKen BuckOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-TXMichael CloudOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-PAScott PerryOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-NCTed BuddOriginalJan 3, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 15, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H594)
  2. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 200Border Wall Trust Fund ActRelated billFeb 4, 2019
HR 256People’s Border Wall Fund ActRelated billJan 4, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House

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