119-hr4765

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4765 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4765

 To reprogram all remaining unobligated funds from the IRS enforcement 
 account.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 25, 2025

 Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
 Crenshaw, and Mr. Carter of Georgia) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To reprogram all remaining unobligated funds from the IRS enforcement 
 account.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Securing our Border Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) United States border security is paramount to the 
 general welfare of our Nation and ensures the efficient and 
 meaningful flow of goods and individuals through legal means.

    (2) During 2023, an estimated 105,007 drug overdose deaths 
 occurred in the United States.

    (3) Only 2 percent of passenger vehicles and 20 percent of 
 commercial vehicles crossing the southern border are scanned by 
 nonintrusive inspection technology through a radiation portal 
 monitor.

    (4) During fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border 
 Protection agents processed more than 1,081,030 passengers and 
 pedestrians.

    (5) Limiting the amount of deadly illicit narcotics, 
 including fentanyl, from entering the United States would 
 reduce the number of Americans who die annually from the use of 
 such narcotics.

    (6) Because of the failure to update nonintrusive 
 inspection technologies at land ports of entry along the 
 southern border of the United States, there has been an 
 increase in the amount of illicit narcotics, such as fentanyl, 
 being trafficked across the southern border.

    (7) The amount of illicit drugs seized by U.S. Customs and 
 Border Protection along the southwest border was 
 approximately--
        (A) 241,000 pounds during fiscal year 2023; and
        (B) 275,000 pounds during fiscal year 2024.

    (8) U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had 2,135,005 
 encounters along the southern border during fiscal year 2024, 
 including--
        (A) 1,218,880 single adults;
        (B) 804,456 family units; and
            (C) 109,998 unaccompanied minors.

    (9) According to the Department of Homeland Security, 750 
 migrants died attempting to cross the southern border during 
 fiscal year 2022, which is--
        (A) more migrant deaths than occurred in any 
 previous fiscal year; and
        (B) more than 200 more migrant deaths than the 
 number of such deaths during fiscal year 2021.

    (10) As of September 30, 2024, the immigration court 
 backlog was 3,558,995 cases.

    (11) Since the end of fiscal year 2019, U.S. Customs and 
 Border Protection has reported 2,371 encounters with potential 
 terrorists at ports of entry along the southern and northern 
 borders.

    (12) According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
 onboard staffing data, approximately 2,700 additional U.S. 
 Customs and Border Protection officers need to be stationed at 
 United States ports of entry to fully staff such ports.

    (13) Due to shifting priorities, construction delays, a 
 lack of available technology solutions, and funding 
 constraints, most southern U.S. Border Patrol sectors still 
 rely on obsolete systems or technologies.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR NONINTRUSIVE BORDER INSPECTIONS.

 One-third of the unobligated balances (as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act) from amounts made available under 

section 10301

    (1)
        (A)
            (ii) of Public Law 117-169 shall be transferred to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection during the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on February 6, 2034, for 
nonintrusive inspection systems to achieve a 100 percent nonintrusive 
inspection scanning rate at all northern border and southwest border 
land ports of entry by February 6, 2034.

SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Two-thirds of the unobligated balances (as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act) from amounts made available under 

section 10301

    (1)
        (A)
            (ii) of Public Law 117-169 shall be transferred to 
the Department of Homeland Security during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on February 6, 2034, for 
activities related to the construction of a border wall system along 
the southwest international border of the United States.

    (b) Quarterly Reports.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit quarterly reports to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that contains--

    (1) an implementation plan with benchmarks related to 
 stemming illegal immigration; and

    (2) cost estimates associated with border wall system 
 construction.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE BONUSES TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 
 PROTECTION AGENTS.

    (a) Recruitment Bonuses.--

    (1) In general.--Subject to the approval of the Secretary 
 of Homeland Security, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
 Border Protection may pay a recruitment bonus, not to exceed 
 $15,000, to each newly hired U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
 agent after--
        (A) the agent completes initial basic training; and
        (B) the execution of a written agreement described 
 in paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Written agreement.--A written agreement described in 
 this paragraph is a legally binding agreement between a newly 
 hired agent and U.S. Customs and Border Protection that--
        (A) specifies the amount of the bonus payment to be 
 paid to such agent, including the timing of such 
 payment;
        (B) the length of the period of service required to 
 be completed before such agent is entitled to retain 
 such payment; and
            (C) any other terms and conditions to which such 
 payment is subject.

    (b) Retention Bonuses.--Subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection may pay annual retention bonuses, not to exceed 15 percent 
of the agent's basic pay, to U.S. Border Patrol agents after the 
completion of each year of satisfactory service, as determined by the 
Commissioner.
            (c) Relocation Bonus.--Subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection may pay a relocation bonus, not to exceed 15 percent of the 
agent's annual basic pay, to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent 
who agrees to be transferred and to serve for not less than 3 years at 
the new duty station.
            (d) Limitation.--None of the bonuses paid to a U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection agent pursuant to subsections

    (a) through
            (c) may be 
considered part of the basic pay of such agent for any purpose, 
including for retirement or in computing a lump-sum payment to the 
agent for accumulated and accrued annual leave under 

section 5551 or 
5552 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 6. TREATMENT OF ALIENS ARRIVING FROM CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY.

 

Section 235

    (b)

    (2)
            (C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1225

    (b)

    (2)
            (C) ) is amended by striking ``may return'' and all 
that follows and inserting the following: ``shall--
 ``
            (i) return the alien to such territory, 
 or to a safe third country (as described in 
 

section 208), pending the completion of a 
 proceeding under 

section 240; or
 ``
            (ii) detain the alien for further 
 consideration of an application for asylum, 
 which shall include a determination of credible 
 fear of persecution.''.
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