House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Border Airport Enhancement Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2979.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2088):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, and the Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, New York, as ports of entry.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 242 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2979, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.
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- H.R. 2864 (118th) Countering CCP Drones Act
- H.R. 820 (118th) Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
- H.R. 8931 (118th) To redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park.
- H.R. 390 (118th) Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act
- H.Res. 1371 (118th) Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.