Sec. 5101. Border Security Funding
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In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act or any other provision of law, there is hereby appropriated to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000,000, to be available for— a full border infrastructure system, including enhanced physical barriers and associated detection technology, roads, and lighting; and infrastructure, assets, operations, and the most up-to-date technology to enhance border security along the United States, including— border security technology, including surveillance technology, at and between ports of entry; new roads and improvements to existing roads;
U.S. Border Patrol facilities and ports of entry; aircraft, aircraft-based sensors and associated technology, vessels, spare parts, and equipment to maintain such assets; a biometric entry and exit system; and family residential centers. Of the amount appropriated in subsection (a)(1)— $3,041,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2022; $2,608,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2023; $1,715,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2024; $2,140,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2025; $1,735,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2026; $1,746,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2027; $1,776,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2028; $1,746,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2029; and $1,718,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2030.
Of the amount appropriated in subsection (a)(2)— $500,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2022; $1,850,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2023; $1,950,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2024; $1,925,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2025; and $550,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2026. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall include in the budget justification materials submitted in support of the President’s annual budget request for fiscal year 2023 (as submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a multi-year spending plan for the amounts made available under subsection (a).
Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding activities under and progress made in carrying out this section.