HR 8230 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

BUILD IT Act

Introduced Jun 24, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 25, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

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.

IntroducedJun 24, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 24, 2022.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-OR	Cliff Bentz	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-MI	Peter Meijer	Original	Jun 24, 2022
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls	Original	Jun 24, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 25, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Jun 25, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Jun 24, 2022Introduced in House
Jun 24, 2022Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Armed Services, 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.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4294	BUILD IT Act	Identical bill	May 24, 2022

Subjects

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

Immigration

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Jun 24, 2022Introduced in House

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