I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1051 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate John Wayne 
Airport in Orange County, California, as a U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) port of entry, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and 
Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate 
John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, as 
a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of 
entry, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On June 4, 2012, John Wayne Airport re-
ceived an executed copy of a Memorandum of Agree-
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ment (MOA) with U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion (CBP) for Federal Inspection Services (FIS) 
staffing, which allows for the initiation of inter-
national air service. 
(2) On November 15, 2013, John Wayne Air-
port submitted its formal request for port of entry 
designation to CBP. 
(3) In a letter dated February 3, 2014, the Act-
ing Port Director advised John Wayne Airport that 
he had recommended approval of the airport’s re-
quest for the port of entry designation. 
(4) In a letter dated June 3, 2014, CBP Assist-
ant Commissioner, Office of Congressional Affairs, 
notified Congress that CBP was ‘‘unable to des-
ignate SNA as a POE at this time’’, and that CBP 
would ‘‘reconsider it in FY2016’’. 
(5) On July 28, 2014, the House of Represent-
atives passed the United States Customs and Border 
Protection Authorization Act (H.R. 3846), which in-
cluded an amendment sponsored by Representative 
Loretta Sanchez to give ‘‘priority consideration to an 
application for port of entry status submitted by any 
commercial airport if such airport served at least 
100,000 deplaned international passengers in the 
previous calendar year’’. 
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(6) In a letter received August 8, 2014, Acting 
Assistant Commissioner for Field Operation, John 
Wagner, notified John Wayne Airport Director Alan 
Murphy that the airport’s request could not be ap-
proved, but stated that ‘‘SNA’s request will remain 
active, and CBP will reconsider it in FY2016’’. 
(7) John Wayne Airport has met the CBP 
threshold of 15,000 international air passengers, 
having had 377,718 international passengers in 
2013 and 276,733 in 2014. 
(8) John Wayne Airport is the only commercial 
airport that serves Orange County, California, di-
rectly and exceeds the minimum population thresh-
old set out by CBP of 300,000, having a population 
of over 3.1 million residents. 
(9) A recent economic impact study of air serv-
ice from Mexico to Orange County found that the 
total annual economic output in the region generated 
nearly $39 million in wages, salaries, and benefits, 
$73 million in gross domestic product, and $130 
million in total spending impacts. 
(10) As a community that is served by multiple 
modes of transportation, such as Amtrak and 
Metrolink of Southern California, John Wayne Air-
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