DIRECT Funds for Border Security Act

Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Through Funds for Border Security Act or the DIRECT Funds for Border Security Act

This bill rescinds unobligated amounts for Internal Revenue Service enforcement activities enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and redirects such amounts to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the hiring of new agents and officers for the security of the southern border of the United States.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9023 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9023

  To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue 
  Service and redirect them to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2022

   Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Mullin, Mr. 
Lamborn, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Stauber, 
Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Steube, Mr. 
  Van Drew, and Mrs. Flores) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, 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 rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue 
  Service and redirect them to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

    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 ``Diverting IRS Resources to the 
Exigent Crisis Through Funds for Border Security Act'' or the ``DIRECT 
Funds for Border Security Act''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN BALANCES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE INTERNAL 
              REVENUE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--The unobligated balances of amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for enforcement activities of the Internal 
Revenue Service by section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public Law 117-169 
(commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act'') as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act are rescinded.
    (b) Redirection of Funds to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--
There is appropriated to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the 
salaries and expenses of new agents and officers hired for the security 
of the southern border of the United States an amount equal to the 
amount rescinded pursuant to subsection (a).
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