Honest Runway Labeling Act

Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance, Aviation and airports, Border security and unlawful immigration, User charges and fees

Summary:  <p><strong></strong><b>Honest Runway Labeling Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to designate certain primary airports near the border as ports of entry and terminate the user fee requirement for customs services at these airports.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1804 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honest Runway Labeling Act''.

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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