HR 4059
Border Wall Reimbursement Act of 2021
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This bill aims to reimburse border states, specifically Texas, for the billions of dollars they’ve spent building a border wall to help secure the southern border. The bill requires states to submit detailed accounting of their expenses to receive federal reimbursement, and it also allows funds from the COVID-19 relief packages to be used for this purpose. It argues that states are effectively paying twice for the same border security efforts – once through taxes and again through their own construction costs. The goal is to shift some of these costs from the states to the federal government.
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Bill Johnson
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