,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #cj1 #bjag,mr4
 ,rogers of ,alabama 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,barletta1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,brooks of 
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4
 ,culberson1 ,mr4 ,kelly of             
,mississippi1 and ,mr4 ,crawford7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services1 and in addition to
 the ,committees on ,foreign ,affairs1  
and the ,judiciary1 for a period to be  
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,electronic    
,fund ,transfer ,act to impose a fee for
 remittance transfers to certain foreign
 countries1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,border ,wall ,funding ,act of     
#bjag4  #b4 ,fees for certain remittance

 transfers ,section #ibj of the         
,electronic ,fund ,transfer ,act        
7relating to remittance transfers7 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #afico-#a7 is amended--  7#a7 
by redesignating subsection 7g7 as      
subsection 7h72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7f7 the following3  7g7
 ,border security fee collection  7#a7  
,in general  7,a7 ,fees ,if the         
designated recipient of a remittance    
transfer is located in a foreign country
 described in subparagraph 7,b71 a      
remittance transfer provider shall      
collect from the sender of such         
remittance transfer a remittance fee    
equal to #b percent of the ,united      
,states dollar amount to be transferred 
7excluding any fees or other charges    
imposed by the remittance transfer      
provider74 ,except as provided in       
subparagraph 7,c71 such remittance fees 
shall be submitted to the ,treasury to  
be expended for the purpose of improving
 border security4  7,b7 ,foreign        
countries ,subparagraph 7,a7 shall apply

 to designated recipients located in    
,mexico1 ,guatemala1 ,belize1 ,cuba1 the
 ,cayman ,islands1 ,haiti1 the          
,dominican ,republic1 the ,bahamas1     
,turks and ,caicos1 ,jamaica1 ,el       
,salvador1 ,honduras1 ,nicaragua1 ,costa
 ,rica1 ,panama1 ,colombia1 ,venezuela1 
,aruba1 ,curacao1 the ,british ,virgin  
,islands1 ,anguilla1 ,antigua and       
,barbuda1 ,saint ,kitts and ,nevis1     
,montserrat1 ,guadeloupe1 ,dominica1    
,martinique1 ,saint ,lucia1 ,saint      
,vincent and the ,grenadines1 ,barbados1
 ,grenada1 ,guyana1 ,suriname1 ,french  
,guiana1 ,ecuador1 ,peru1 ,brazil1      
,bolivia1 ,chile1 ,paraguay1 ,uruguay1  
or ,argentina4  7,c7 ,costs ,for the    
#e-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this subsection1 a     
remittance transfer provider may retain 
up to #e percent of any remittance fees 
collected by such remittance transfer   
provider pursuant to subparagraph 7,a7  
to cover the costs of collecting and    
submitting such remittance fees4  7#b7  

,fee collection system ,not later than  
,september #cj1 #bjag1 the ,bureau1 in  
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security1 the ,secretary of  
the ,treasury1 and remittance transfer  
providers1 shall develop and make       
available a system for remittance       
transfer providers to--  7,a7 submit the
 remittance fees collected in accordance
 with paragraph 7#a77;,a7 to the        
,treasury2 and  7,b7 retain a portion of
 such remittance fees in accordance with
 paragraph 7#a77;,c74  7#c7 ,penalties  
7,a7 ,whoever1 with the intent to evade 
a remittance fee to be collected in     
accordance with this subsection1 and who
 has knowledge that1 at the time of a   
remittance transfer1 the value of the   
funds involved in the transfer will be  
further transferred to a recipient      
located in a country listed in paragraph
 7#a77;,b71 requests or facilitates such
 remittance transfer to a designated    
recipient in a country that is not      
listed in paragraph 7#a77;,b7 shall be  

subject to a penalty of not more than   
#ejj1jjj or twice the value of the funds
 involved in the remittance transfer1   
whichever is greater1 or imprisonment   
for not more than #bj years1 or both4   
7,b7 ,any foreign country that1 in the  
joint determination of the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security1 the ,secretary of 
the ,treasury1 and the ,secretary of    
,state aids or harbors an individual    
conspiring to avoid the fee collected in
 accordance with this subsection shall  
be ineligible to receive foreign        
assistance and to participate in the    
visa waiver program or any other        
programs1 at the discretion of the      
,secretaries described in this          
subparagraph4  4