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handle is hein.crs/govbhyx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Sevice Possible Use of FY2020 Defense Funds for Border Barrier Construction: Context and Questions January 16, 2020 On January 13, 2020, the Washington Post reported that the Trump Administration plans to reallocate $7.2 billion in Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations to construct barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Of this amount, $3.7 billion would reportedly come from deferring congressionally approved military construction (MILCON) projects. An additional $3.5 billion would be redirected through DOD's Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities account (hereinafter counter-drug transfer account). If the Administration were to carry out the actions as described by the Washington Post, DOD would be using the same authorities it exercised in FY20 19, when it transferred $6.1 billion in defense funds for border barriers. In this case, FY2019 and FY2020 defense funding for border barriers would total $13.3 billion. Background On February 15, 2019, the Trump Administration announced plans for redirecting up to $6.1 billion from existing FY2019 DOD programs and projects to border wall construction, using a complex mix of emergency- and nonemergency-related authorities. These actions were challenged in litigation that remains ongoing. During FY2020 budget deliberations, Congress considered a number of legislative provisions that would have constrained the Administration's use of similar authorities. These included provisions to reduce annual defense transfer thresholds, * limit DOD's emergency construction authority, and * prohibit the use of defense funds for physical border barriers in general. In late July 2019, congressional leadership announced they had come to an informal understa ding, as part of a budget agreement that excluded poison pills and limited changes to transfer funding levels and authorities from annual appropriations measures. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11210 CRS NStGHT Prepaimed for Mernbei-s and Com mittees o. ' C- --q s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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