John Shaw: “Mr. Speaker, this bill, a portion of this bill, requires that the Commissioner of Customs enter into a fee-for-service…”

“Mr. Speaker, this bill, a portion of this bill, requires that the Commissioner of Customs enter into a fee-for-service agreement to provide international air cargo customs service at the Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport. Because of the difficulties that the airport has experienced in establishing the fee-for-service arrangements, the airport recently lost significant international air cargo business at its facility. The provision of cargo clearance, inspection and other Customs services is a fundamental governmental function. Once Customs cargo inspection services have been provided under a fee-for-service agreement for 2 years, and the Airport has established air cargo business of at least 29,000 commercial consumption entries a year, the Commissioner will provide Customs services to the Airport without requiring additional fees for those services. This will merely put the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on the same basis as other airports of similar size where such Customs services are already available.”