GAMBLER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3929 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3929

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the Border 
                        Enforcement Trust Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2025

 Mr. Rulli (for himself and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
  to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the Border 
                        Enforcement Trust Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Giving Alien Migrants Back through 
Lawful Excise Redistribution Act'' or the ``GAMBLER Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Bold and decisive action must be undertaken to make 
        America safe again, by protecting communities from the harms of 
        illegal migration.
            (2) The cost of making America safe again--apprehending, 
        detaining, and deporting illegal aliens--should not fall on 
        average American citizens.
            (3) The Department of Justice reports the average cost to 
        house an illegal alien is more than $150 per day, with an 
        average detention time of 55 days prior to deportation.
            (4) The record $4.25 billion appropriated to U.S. 
        Immigration and Customs Enforcement for alien detention and 
        removal operations in fiscal year 2024 was not sufficient to 
        keep up with the surge of aliens.
            (5) Congressional Budget Office estimates show that outlays 
        for benefits provided to aliens and their children will total 
        $177 billion by fiscal year 2034 if we do not change course.
            (6) Illegal migration has cost American citizens enough 
        already; we must seek innovative ways to fund the process of 
        apprehension, detention, and deportation without raising taxes.

SEC. 3. BORDER ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9512. BORDER ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Border 
Enforcement Trust Fund', consisting of such amounts as may be 
appropriated or credited to such fund as provided in this section or 
section 9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to 
the Border Enforcement Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes 
received in the Treasury under chapter 35 after the date of the 
enactment of this section.
    ``(c) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Border Enforcement Trust Fund 
shall only be available, to extent provided in appropriation Acts, to 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the ``U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement--operations and support'' account for necessary 
expenses for enforcement, detention, and removal operations.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter A of 
chapter 98 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:

``Sec. 9512. Border Enforcement Trust Fund.''.
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