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To establish the Southern Border Wall National Monument, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill establishes the Southern Border Wall National Monument spanning approximately 289,920 acres across California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, for the purpose of protecting the southern border wall from alteration. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, would administer the monument and establish administrative jurisdiction over portions of the border wall through memoranda of understanding with relevant federal agencies and Indian Tribes. The bill requires the Secretary to prepare a general management plan for the monument within three years of receiving funding and to submit the plan to Congress. The monument is defined to include portions of any physical wall constructed pursuant to federal law or executive order along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
2 cosponsors
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Patronis, Jimmy [R-FL-1] (R-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Cory Mills’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $11,592
- FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY $10,000
- ECS $6,600
- PIONEER JETS $6,600
- ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Sep 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Sep 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2025
Mr. Mills (for himself and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To establish the Southern Border Wall National Monument, and for other purposes.
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 DON-ument Act”.
SEC. 2. SOUTHERN BORDER WALL NATIONAL MONUMENT.
(a) Establishment.—There is hereby established, in the States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, the Southern Border Wall National Monument to protect the southern border wall from alteration.
(b) Area Included.—The National Monument shall consist of portions of the southern border wall and lands and interests therein comprising approximately 289,920 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled “_________”, numbered ________, and dated __________.
(c) Map.—The map referred to in subsection (b) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
(d) Administration.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall administer the National Monument.
(2) Administrative jurisdiction.—The Secretary shall establish administrative jurisdiction over portions of the southern border wall within the National Monument as necessary to carry out this Act by entering into memoranda of understanding with the following:
(A) The head of each Federal department or agency with administrative jurisdiction over land within the National Monument on which portions of the southern border wall are located.
(B) The governing body of each Indian Tribe with administrative jurisdiction over land within the National Monument on which portions of the southern border wall are located.
(e) Management Plan.—
(1) Deadline for completion.—Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are first made available to the Secretary for the preparation of a general management plan for the National Monument, the Secretary shall prepare a general management plan for the National Monument.
(2) Submission to congress.—On completion of the general management plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the general management plan under such paragraph.
(f) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) National monument.—The term “National Monument” means the Southern Border Wall National Monument established in subsection (a).
(2) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) Southern border wall.—The term “southern border wall” means any portion of a physical wall constructed pursuant to Federal law or Executive order to serve as a barrier along the United States border with Mexico. <all>
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