Designates additional airports near the land border as ports of entry for CBP processing, increasing the federal government's capacity to inspect and enforce immigration at more border-area airports.
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;
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2025-04-17: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill requires the President to designate certain airports near the U.S. northern or southern land border as ports of entry and removes the user fee requirement, which expands the scope of federal immigration and customs enforcement by enabling more official processing locations at qualifying border-area airports that meet CBP numerical criteria.