HR4904-118

Introduced

To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States and award grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 26, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States and award grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Criminal Justice, Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HB55CDBCBE1084B1FB79BD00613F6D8D4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act of 2023.
  • Section H12040CE6133D4B30BAF7E7923879DE2D: 2. Funds established for certain purposes There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a separate account which shall be known as the Southern...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States and award grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Criminal Justice, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, To establish certain funds to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern international border of the United States and award grants to certain organizations addressing the fentanyl crisis., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Criminal Justice Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 26, 2023

Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Babin, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Criminal Justice Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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