Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019 This bill allocates funds from certain duties imposed on Chinese goods toward the construction of physical barriers and roads along the southwest border of the United States. Such funds shall be equivalent to 50% of certain duties imposed in response to Chinese actions that violate a trade agreement or impose an unjustifiable restriction on U.S. commerce. The funds shall be available to the Department of Homeland Security for such border construction without further appropriation.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Immigration
AsiaBorder security and unlawful immigrationChinaDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureRoads and highwaysTariffs
Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-188| Senate
| Updated: 1/17/2019
Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019 This bill allocates funds from certain duties imposed on Chinese goods toward the construction of physical barriers and roads along the southwest border of the United States. Such funds shall be equivalent to 50% of certain duties imposed in response to Chinese actions that violate a trade agreement or impose an unjustifiable restriction on U.S. commerce. The funds shall be available to the Department of Homeland Security for such border construction without further appropriation.