Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as “Finish the Fence Act of 2017”.
To amend the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing by December 31, 2017, and for other purposes.
A BILL
Sec. 2 Fencing along and operational control of the southwest border
Fencing— Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, not later than December 31, 2017,” before “construct”;
by striking subparagraph (B); and
by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
Operational control— Subsection (a) of section 2 the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109–367) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
by striking “18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act,” and inserting “December 31, 2017,”; and
by inserting “, in consultation with State and local officials along the international border between the United States and Mexico, including border State governors, mayors of border towns and cities, and border sheriffs,” before “shall”.