1651-AB43 202510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Advance Passenger Information System: Electronic Validation of Travel Documents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations require commercial air carriers to electronically transmit passenger information to CBP’s Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) prior to an aircraft’s arrival in or departure from the United States.  CBP proposed to incorporate additional carrier requirements that would enable CBP to validate each passenger’s travel documents prior to the passenger boarding the aircraft.  The proposed changes, if implemented, would also require air carriers to transmit additional data elements through APIS for all commercial aircraft passengers arriving in the United States in order to support border operations and national security.  This rule is deregulatory and will result in time savings to passengers and cost savings to CBP.

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This Rule is needed to increase the safety of the traveling public, the air carrier industry, and the United States.

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DHS is currently considering the specific impacts of the proposed provisions.  Based on the analysis for the NPRM, DHS estimates this rule will result in an annualized net benefit of approximately $1 million due to time savings for CBP and travelers who will now be able to correct errors immediately.

]]> NPRM 02/02/2023 88 FR 7016 NPRM Comment Period End 04/03/2023 Final Action 09/00/2026 No None No No https://www.regulations.gov https://www.regulations.gov No No Robert Neumann Program Manager, Office of Field Operations 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 202 412-2788 robert.m.neumann@cbp.dhs.gov 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20229