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A Republican lawmaker from Arizona has proposed to fund Donald Trump’s border wall demands by charging tech users watching pornography online. 84-years old U.S Senator Gail Griffin is serving in the Arizona House of Representatives. She has recently presented a House Bill 2444 and it would install a block on all software sold in the state capable of accessing the internet. Consumers would be unable to access sites featuring pornography under the new legislation unless they were willing to prove their age and pay a fee to the Arizona Commerce Authority.

The Arizona Republic reported that the users will be required to prove that they are 18-years-old or above and forced to pay $20 in order for the block to be removed. The money sourced from the new proposal would go towards the newly-created John McCain Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Fund and used for one of any 10 priorities.

The top issue on that list of priorities indicates: “Build a border wall between Mexico and this state or fund security”. Legislation has been proposed across the country seeking to restrict or limit access to digital pornography, with bills in South Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky all seeking similar outcomes.

The Arizona bill is still novel in that it seeks to fund the border wall demands from the president instead of simply making it more difficult for porn viewers to access content online. Griffin didn’t respond to inquiries. The proposal has initiated headlines and controversy as the U.S enters another week of the longest government shutdown in the history.

Trump has rejected to back down from his demands for $5.7 billion and it will be included in the next federal spending bill for his campaign promise of building a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. Trump has walked back reports that he would invoke a national security crisis over the U.S-Mexico border. It is a move that could provide Trump federal funding to begin building the wall but would likely face lengthy legal challenges.