[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4781 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4781

   To require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 2022

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 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 
2022''.

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.
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