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Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025
To require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry.
Summary
The bill requires the President to designate certain airports as official U.S. ports of entry and eliminate user fees for those airports. Airports qualify for designation if they are primary airports located within 30 miles of the U.S. northern or southern border and are formally associated with a land border crossing or seaport within 30 miles. The airport must also meet the numerical criteria established by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for designating ports of entry, as defined in federal treasury regulations or successor guidance. The designation allows these airports to serve as formal entry points for international travel and commerce while eliminating the user fees currently required.
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- Apr 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Apr 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 2025
Ms. Stefanik (for herself and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry.
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 “Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN AIRPORTS AS PORTS OF ENTRY.
(a) In General.—The President shall—
(1) pursuant to the Act of August 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 623, chapter 223; 19 U.S.C. 2), designate each airport described in subsection (b) as a port of entry; and
(2) terminate the application of the user fee requirement under section 236 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (19 U.S.C. 58b) with respect to the airport.
(b) Airports Described.—An airport described in this subsection is an airport that—
(1) is a primary airport (as defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code);
(2) is located not more than 30 miles from the northern or southern international land border of the United States;
(3) is associated, through a formal, legal instrument, including a valid contract or governmental ordinance, with a land border crossing or a seaport not more than 30 miles from the airport; and
(4) through such association, meets the numerical criteria considered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for establishing a port of entry, as set forth in—
(A) Treasury Decision 82-37 (47 Fed. Reg. 10137; relating to revision of customs criteria for establishing ports of entry and stations), as revised by Treasury Decisions 86-14 (51 Fed. Reg. 4559) and 87- 65 (52 Fed. Reg. 16328); or
(B) any successor guidance or regulation. <all>
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