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S. 677

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 677, the Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 20, 2025 by Sen. Ted Cruz (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Feb 20, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 677 has 3 co-sponsors.

sb677/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S677 IS: Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-20
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 677  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 20, 2025   Mr. Cruz  (for himself,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Mr. Cornyn , and  Mr. Schumer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025  .
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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-20
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Feb 20, 2025

sb677/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (02/20/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) sponsors S. 677, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 677 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance
Finance
Referred To · Feb 20, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 677 has taken 2 actions since Feb 20, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 20, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Finance Committee
Feb 20, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 677 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 677, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 677 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Border Airport Fairness Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to require the designation of certain airports as ports of entry. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named S. 677 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE116
KATHERINE SYBENGA116
MARAM ABDELHAMID116
MATTHEW SOCKNAT116
MATTHEW SOWARDS116
KURT VORNDRAN115
REGINA HUTTER115
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 677 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 677’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

s677/policy-areas.txt
Foreign Trade and International FinanceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

S. 677 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Aviation and airports to User charges and fees.

s677/subjects.txt
Aviation and airportsBorder security and unlawful immigrationUser charges and fees

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com