Sec. 3. Border infrastructure construction
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the Border Security Trust Fund (referred to in this section as the Trust Fund ), consisting of the amounts transferred from the general fund of the Treasury under paragraph (2). Not later than the date that is the later of the date of enactment of this Act and September 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Trust Fund, from the general fund of the Treasury, $1,571,239,000, to remain available until expended.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall use any Federal tax liability collected by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 244A(d)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to recover the amount described in paragraph (2). The Secretary may impose on any conditional permanent resident (as defined in section 244A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) a surcharge in an amount determined by the Secretary to be the minimum proportional amount necessary to recover the amount equal to the difference between— the amount described in paragraph (2); and the amount collected under subparagraph (A).
Amounts in the Trust Fund shall be available without further appropriation for procurement, construction, and improvements as follows: $784,000,000 for 32 miles of new border bollard fencing in the Rio Grande Valley in the State of Texas. $498,000,000 for 28 miles of new bollard levee wall in the Rio Grande Valley in the State of Texas. $251,000,000 for 14 miles of secondary fencing in San Diego, California. $38,239,000 for planning activities relating to border wall construction.