,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #i1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,ernst1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 and ,mr4 ,cotton7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to use1 transfer1 or donate all
 excess construction materials intended 
for the wall on the southwest border of 
the ,united ,states that are being      
stored by the ,department of ,defense1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,finish ,it ,act4  #b4 ,sense of        
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 constructing physical       
barriers along the southwest border of  
the ,united ,states has been one element
 of broader efforts to secure that      
border during the administrations of    
,president ,george ,w4 ,bush1 ,president
 ,barack ,obama1 and ,president ,donald 

,trump2  7#b7 ,president ,joe ,biden is 
the first president to block efforts to 
build a physical barrier along the      
southwest border2  7#c7 since ,president
 ,biden cancelled southwest border wall 
construction contracts in ,april #bjba1 
the ,department of ,defense has spent   
approximately #acj1jjj per day to store 
construction materials on approximately 
#bj private sites in ,arizona and ,new  
,mexico2  7#d7 under the ,biden         
administration1 the ,department of      
,defense has paid at least #be1jjj1jjj  
to store border wall construction       
materials1 rather than using those      
materials to continue constructing a    
wall along the southwest border1 or     
fortifying the existing wall where      
necessary2  7#e7 the ,biden             
administration has also prevented       
,states from using the existing         
construction materials to fortify or    
build walls along their respective      
borders with ,mexico2  7#f7 the         
,department of ,defense has spent       

approximately #cjj1jjj1jjj on the unused
 border wall construction materials2    
7#g7 physical barriers along the        
southwest border complicate the         
persistent efforts of transnational     
criminal organizations to traffic drugs 
and people into the ,united ,states1 and
 enable our law enforcement agencies to 
respond in a more focused manner to the 
crisis at the southwest border2 and     
7#h7 given the severe crisis at the     
southwest border1 there is no           
justification for paying private        
landowners to store wall construction   
materials rather than using those       
materials to secure our border as soon  
as possible4  #c4 ,deployment of        
existing construction materials  7a7    
,plan ,not later than #ae days after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,defense shall submit to 
,congress a plan to utilize1 transfer1  
or donate to ,states on the southern    
border of the ,united ,states all       
existing excess border wall construction

 materials1 including bollards1 for the 
express purpose of constructing a       
permanent physical barrier to stop      
illicit human and vehicle traffic along 
the border of the ,united ,states with  
,mexico4  7b7 ,execution of plan ,not   
later than #ae days after submitting to 
,congress the plan required under       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
work with the ,defense ,logistics       
,agency to execute that plan until the  
,department of ,defense is no longer    
incurring any costs to maintain1 store1 
or protect the materials specified under
 subsection 7a74  7c7 ,requirements of  
requesting ,states  7#a7 ,in general    
,any ,state requesting border wall      
construction materials made available   
under this section must certify1 in     
writing1 that the materials it accepts  
will be exclusively used for the        
construction of a permanent physical    
barrier to stop illicit human and       
vehicle traffic along the border of the 
,united ,states with ,mexico4  7#b7     

,penalties  7,a7 ,in general ,if1 by the
 date that is two years after receipt of
 materials accepted under this section1 
a ,state does not use all such materials
 for the construction of a permanent    
physical barrier to stop illicit human  
and vehicle traffic along the border of 
the ,united ,states with ,mexico1 the   
,state shall pay to the ,united ,states 
,government an amount equal to the      
original purchase price of the materials
 that have not been used for such       
purpose4  7,b7 ,no waiver ,the penalty  
under subparagraph 7,a7 may not be      
waived4  7d7 ,impact of delay ,if the   
,secretary of ,defense delays in        
submitting the plan required under      
subsection 7a7 or executing that plan as
 required under subsection 7b71 the     
travel budget of the ,under ,secretary  
of ,defense for ,policy shall be        
decreased by one percent for every two  
days of delay4  #d4 ,report ,not later  
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  

of ,defense shall submit to ,congress a 
report containing the following3 7#a7   
,any internal correspondence of the     
,department of ,defense that informed   
the decision to forgo the excess        
property disposal process of the        
,department of ,defense and instead pay 
#acj1jjj per day to store border wall   
panels4  7#b7 ,a list of the individuals
 and entities the ,department is paying 
for use of their privately owned land to
 store unused border wall construction  
materials4  7#c7 ,an explanation of the 
process through which the ,department   
contracted with private landowners to   
store unused border wall construction   
materials1 including whether there was a
 competitive contracting process and    
whether the landowners have instituted  
an inventory review system4  7#d7 ,a    
description of any investigations by the
 ,inspector ,general of the ,department 
that have been opened to examine the    
wasteful policy of paying to store      
border wall construction materials      

rather than using those materials to    
continue building or fortifying the wall
 on the southwest border of the ,united 
,states4