[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1886 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1886

                 To prohibit land border crossing fees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2013

    Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Owens, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
 Higgins, and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 prohibit land border crossing fees.

    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 ``Promoting Border Commerce and Travel 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LAND BORDER CROSSING FEES.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security may not establish, collect, or 
otherwise impose a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger 
vehicles at land ports of entry along the southern border or the 
northern border of the United States, and may not conduct any study 
relating to the imposition of such a fee.
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