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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 677
To require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY20, 2025
Mr. C
RUZ(for himself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. SCHUMER)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
A BILL
To require the designation of certain airports as ports of
entry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Airport Fair-4
ness Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN AIRPORTS AS PORTS OF 6
ENTRY. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The President shall— 8
(1) pursuant to the Act of August 1, 1914 (38 9
Stat. 623, chapter 223; 19 U.S.C. 2), designate each 10
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airport described in subsection (b) as a port of 1
entry; and 2
(2) terminate the application of the user fee re-3
quirement under section 236 of the Trade and Tar-4
iff Act of 1984 (19 U.S.C. 58b) with respect to the 5
airport. 6
(b) A
IRPORTSDESCRIBED.—An airport described in 7
this subsection is an airport that— 8
(1) is a primary airport (as defined in section 9
47102 of title 49, United States Code); 10
(2) is located not more than 30 miles from the 11
northern or southern international land border of 12
the United States; 13
(3) is associated, through a formal, legal instru-14
ment, including a valid contract or governmental or-15
dinance, with a land border crossing or a seaport not 16
more than 30 miles from the airport; and 17
(4) through such association, meets the numer-18
ical criteria considered by U.S. Customs and Border 19
Protection for establishing a port of entry, as set 20
forth in— 21
(A) Treasury Decision 82–37 (47 Fed. 22
Reg. 10137; relating to revision of customs cri-23
teria for establishing ports of entry and sta-24
tions), as revised by Treasury Decisions 86–14 25
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(51 Fed. Reg. 4559) and 87–65 (52 Fed. Reg. 1
16328); or 2
(B) any successor guidance or regulation. 3
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