# Plain Language Summary: Redirecting Resources to the Border Act

This bill proposes to remove the security fencing that was installed around the U.S. Capitol building after the January 6, 2021 attack and relocate it to the southern U.S. border with Mexico. At the same time, it would reassign National Guard troops that were deployed to protect the Capitol area to instead help secure the southern border. The bill gives the government 30 days to make both of these changes happen.

The fencing in question is the temporary barrier that was put up around the Capitol building and Capitol grounds following the January 6 incident. Rather than keeping this fencing in place in Washington, D.C., the bill directs that it be moved to the southern border. Similarly, any National Guard members who were sent to the National Capital Region specifically to help protect the Capitol after January 6 would be reassigned to work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the southern border instead.

In practical terms, this bill reflects a policy choice about where security resources should be focused. Supporters would argue it redirects resources from what they see as a temporary security concern in Washington to what they view as a more pressing ongoing border security issue. Critics might counter that it removes security measures put in place for a specific reason and that it could affect border operations by adding National Guard personnel. The bill would need to pass both the House and Senate and be signed by the President to become law.

Redirecting Resources to the Border Act

Weber, Randy K. Sr.

Redirecting Resources to the Border Act This bill addresses the relocation of personnel and fencing deployed in the National Capital Region in response to the January 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol building and grounds. Specifically, the bill requires all fencing installed in response to the attacks to be relocated to the southern land border of the United States. The Department of Defense must reassign National Guard members who were deployed in response to the attacks to the National Capital Region on or after January 6, 2021, to the southern land border of the United States to assist U.S. Customs and Border patrol.