Honest Runway Labeling Act

Bill: 118-hr-1804
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2023-03-27
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Border security and unlawful immigration

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <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>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1804 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honest Runway Labeling Act . 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.