House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Build the Wall Act of 2025
Official title: To establish the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund and to transfer unobligated amounts from the Coronavirus State and local fiscal recovery funds to such Fund to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern border.
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson Shreve R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHREVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H408):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 816, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Shreve.
- H.R. 1501 (119th) Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
- H.R. 3426 (119th) Courthouse Affordability and Space Efficiency Act of 2025
- H.R. 5490 (119th) Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
- H.R. 7003 (119th) BIS STRENGTH Act
- H.R. 7633 (119th) American Assistance Visibility Act
- H.Res. 931 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of December 4, 2025, as "National Scam Prevention Day".
Related bills
- S. 42 (119th) Build the Wall Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.