,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1         
#bjai,mr4 ,grothman 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west         
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,weber of  
,texas1 and ,mr4 ,perry7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to allow the ,secretary of the 
,treasury to accept public donations to 
fund the construction of a barrier on   
the ,u4,s4-,mexico border1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,people's ,border   
,wall ,fund ,act4  #b4 ,border ,wall    
,fund  7a7 ,in general ,at the end of   
subchapter ,,iii of chapter #cc of title
 #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 insert the 
following3  #ccdd4 ,border ,wall ,fund4 
7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,receive gifts    
,notwithstanding section #caac of title 
#ca1 the ,secretary of the ,treasury may
 accept for the ,government a gift of   
money on the condition that it be used  

to plan1 design1 construct1 or maintain 
a barrier along the international border
 between the ,united ,states and        
,mexico4  7#b7 ,trust fund ,not later   
than #fj days after the date of         
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary of the ,treasury shall--     
7,a7 establish an account1 to be known  
as the ,border ,wall ,fund1 into which  
money received as gifts under this      
section shall be deposited2 and  7,b7   
create a publicly accessible website to 
receive such gifts4  7#c7 ,public notice
 ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury       
shall-- 7,a7 provide public outreach to 
educate the public about the existence  
of the ,border ,wall ,fund2 and  7,b7   
notify the public1 on the ,department of
 the ,treasury's website1 of the current
 amount of funds in the ,border ,wall   
,fund and the total amount donated over 
time to the ,border ,wall ,fund4  7#d7  
,appropriation ,money deposited in the  
,border ,wall ,trust ,fund is           
appropriated to the ,secretary of       

,homeland ,security and may be expended 
to plan1 design1 construct1 or maintain 
a barrier along the international border
 between the ,united ,states and        
,mexico4 ,such funds may not be used for
 any other purpose4  4  7b7 ,clerical   
amendment ,the table of contents for    
such chapter is amended by inserting at 
the end the following3  #ccdd4 ,border  
,wall ,fund4  4