That is why I will continue to champion my bill, the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which will create a special fund within the U.S. Treasury that will be able to accept privately donated funds for the sole purpose of building a wall along our southern border.
Continue championing the People's Border Wall Fund Act to create a Treasury fund for privately donated money used solely to build a wall on the southern border.
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"That is why I will continue to champion my bill, the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which will create a special fund within the U.S. Treasury that will be able to accept privately donated funds for the sole purpose of building a wall along our southern border."
"Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (Introduced 01/04/2019)" and "Latest Action: House - 01/04/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means." The tracker lists the bill status as "Introduced."
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (Introduced 01/04/2019). Latest Action: House - 01/04/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. This bill has the status Introduced. The CRS summary says the bill would authorize Treasury to accept gifts of money and establish the Border Wall Fund for a U.S.-Mexico border barrier, with funds appropriated to DHS and barred from other uses.
Grothman's official House immigration page says: "That is why I will continue to champion my bill, the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which will create a special fund within the U.S. Treasury that will be able to accept privately donated funds for the sole purpose of building a wall along our southern border."
Congress.gov states that enacted bills and joint resolutions appear on the public laws list after NARA assigns public law numbers. The 116th Congress public-law list contains enacted measures with public law numbers, while the People's Border Wall Fund Act/H.R.256 does not appear as an enacted public law.
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Grothman publicly championed and sponsored the People's Border Wall Fund Act, including introducing H.R.256 in the 116th Congress to create a Treasury fund for private donations dedicated to a southern border wall. However, the bill was only referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, remained at introduced status, and was not enacted as a public law. Because he made a serious legislative effort but the promised Treasury fund was not created, the promise was not delivered, with effort credit.
Grothman did continue advocating for the People’s Border Wall Fund Act and introduced H.R.256 in the 116th Congress, which is a serious legislative attempt. However, the bill was only referred to committee on January 4, 2019 and remained introduced, so the promised Treasury fund for private donations to build a southern border wall was not created.