Who is affected and how:

• Airport sponsors and airport authorities: Eligible airports that successfully meet the criteria would be designated ports of entry and no longer subject to the user fee identified in the bill. Airports will need to complete administrative steps (formal association with a nearby land border crossing or seaport) and document compliance with CBP numerical criteria. This could reduce operating costs tied to the fee and may encourage more international arrivals or operations if designation eases cross-border processing.

• Air carriers and airlines: If airports gain port‑of‑entry status and lose the user fee, airlines operating to those airports could see small reductions in airport-related costs or fee pass‑throughs. Changes may affect route planning or commercial decisions if the designation changes passenger or cargo handling processes.

• Airline passengers and air travel consumers: Passengers could see indirect benefits if designation increases airline service or reduces fees passed through to fares, though concrete consumer impacts depend on carriers’ pricing decisions.

• Border and customs agencies (CBP/DHS): CBP will apply its numerical criteria (Treasury Decision 82–37 or successor guidance) when evaluating eligibility and may need to process designations and coordinate with airports and local authorities. Designations could change workload distribution for inspections and staffing at newly designated ports of entry.

• Nearby land border crossing and seaport operators: Because eligible airports must form formal associations with nearby land border crossings or seaports, those facilities may face new coordination or administrative requirements and might share operational responsibilities or data for meeting CBP criteria.

• Local governments and border communities: Designation may affect local economic activity by potentially increasing cross‑border travel and facilitating airport-based international processing. Local authorities may need to support the formal association or infrastructure/operational changes.

• Federal budget/fee income: Ending the application of a user fee for designated airports could reduce federal fee receipts; the bill does not appropriate funds to replace any lost revenue, so effects depend on how the fee was collected and the number of qualifying airports.

Net effect summary: The bill is narrowly targeted. It primarily affects airports near international land borders and entities that coordinate with them (airlines, CBP, local border facilities). It reduces fee obligations for qualifying airports but imposes administrative requirements to meet CBP criteria. The operational and fiscal impacts are likely modest and depend on how many airports ultimately qualify and how CBP implements the referenced guidance.