[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2682 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2682

To provide for the designation of certain closed military installations 
                           as ports of entry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2001

 Mr. Cooksey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
     and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the designation of certain closed military installations 
                           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. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN CLOSED MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AS 
              PORTS OF ENTRY.

    (a) Designation.--Subject to subsection (c), the President shall 
designate as a port of entry an airport, or a seaport, that is a 
military installation closed under any of the laws referred to in 
subsection (b) if the local authority under which the airport or 
seaport operates requests such designation.
    (b) Base Closure Laws.--The laws referred to in subsection (a) 
are--
            (1) the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
        (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
        note);
            (2) title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and 
        Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 
        2687 note);
            (3) section 2687 of title 10, United States Code; and
            (4) any other law enacted after November 30, 1993, that 
        provides for the closure of military installations.
    (c) Presidential Authority Not To Designate Ports of Entry.--The 
President may decline to designate an airport or a seaport as a port of 
entry under subsection (a) if the President--
            (1) determines that the costs to the United States 
        Government of conducting operations at a port of entry outweigh 
        the economic benefits that would accrue to the locality in 
        which the port of entry would be located; and
            (2) transmits that determination to the Congress, together 
        with the reasons therefor.
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