H.R. 7229 · 118th Congress

WALL Act of 2024

Introduced on Feb 5, 2024 by Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8). Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 5, 2024
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Immigration
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Corporate finance and management
  • Housing industry and standards
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Income tax credits
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Tax treatment of families
  • Temporary and part-time employment
  • User charges and fees
  • Visas and passports

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike GallagherR-WI-8Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 5, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Feb 5, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  4. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  5. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  6. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  7. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  8. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  9. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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.
  10. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  11. Feb 9, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  12. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. The Immigration Hub, LLC1 report
    $130K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.