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Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025
To require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry.
Summary
This bill, the Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025, requires the President to designate certain airports as official ports of entry for international trade and travel. The bill specifies that eligible airports must be primary commercial airports located within 30 miles of the United States' northern or southern international land border and formally associated with a nearby land border crossing or seaport. Eligible airports must also meet numerical criteria established by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for designating ports of entry, as outlined in specified Treasury Department guidance. The bill also requires the President to terminate user fee requirements for these newly designated ports of entry under the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984. The designation would allow these border airports to function as official international ports of entry for customs and immigration purposes.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ted Cruz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $4,424,745
- ENTREPRENEUR $458,096
- RDV CORPORATION $39,600
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $29,632
- BLACKSTONE $27,400
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ted Cruz → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Feb 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 20, 2025
Mr. Cruz (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 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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