What This Bill Does
This bill directs the President to designate certain airports as ports of entry (official locations where goods and people enter the country). The bill also requires the President to stop charging user fees at those airports under a previous 1984 law.
Who It Affects
The President, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, airports that meet specific requirements, and potentially people and goods moving through those airports.
Key Provisions
• The President must designate certain airports as ports of entry under a 1914 law (Sec. 2(a)(1))
• The President must stop applying user fee requirements to those designated airports (Sec. 2(a)(2))
• An airport can only be designated if it is a "primary airport" as defined in federal transportation law (Sec. 2(b)(1))
• An airport must be located no more than 30 miles from the northern or southern international land border of the United States (Sec. 2(b)(2))
• An airport must have a formal legal agreement with a land border crossing or seaport within 30 miles and meet certain numerical criteria set by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Sec. 2(b)(3) and (4))
What Changes
If this bill becomes law, qualifying airports near the U.S. borders will become official ports of entry. Those airports will no longer be required to charge user fees under the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984.
Important Definitions
• Primary airport: Not specified in bill text
• Port of entry: Not specified in bill text
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1804
To designate certain airports as ports of entry and terminate the application
of the user fee requirement under section 236 of the Trade and Tariff
Act of 1984 with respect to the airport.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 27, 2023
Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To designate certain airports as ports of entry and terminate
the application of the user fee requirement under section
236 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 with respect
to the airport.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honest Runway Label-
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ing Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN AIRPORTS AS PORTS OF
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ENTRY.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall—
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(1) pursuant to the Act of August 1, 1914 (38
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Stat. 623, chapter 223; 19 U.S.C. 2), designate each
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airport described in subsection (b) as a port of
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entry; and
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(2) terminate the application of the user fee re-
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quirement under section 236 of the Trade and Tar-
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iff Act of 1984 (19 U.S.C. 58b) with respect to the
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airport.
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(b) AIRPORTS DESCRIBED.—An airport described in
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this subsection is an airport that—
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(1) is a primary airport (as defined in section
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47102 of title 49, United States Code);
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(2) is located not more than 30 miles from the
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northern or southern international land border of
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the United States;
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(3) is associated, through a formal, legal instru-
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ment, including a valid contract or governmental or-
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dinance, with a land border crossing or a seaport not
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more than 30 miles from the airport; and
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(4) through such association, meets the numer-
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ical criteria considered by U.S. Customs and Border
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Protection for establishing a port of entry, as set
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forth in—
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(A) Treasury Decision 82–37 (47 Fed.
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Reg. 10137; relating to revision of customs cri-
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teria for establishing ports of entry and sta-
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tions), as revised by Treasury Decisions 86–14
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(51 Fed. Reg. 4559) and 87–65 (52 Fed. Reg.
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16328); or
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(B) any successor guidance or regulation.
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