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AGENCY:
United States carrying persons who
have recently traveled from, or were
otherwise present within, the Islamic
Republic of Iran to arrive at one of the
United States airports where the United
States Government is focusing public
health resources (effective March 2,
2020). This document also adds two
additional airports to the list of airports
where flights subject to the arrival
restrictions are permitted to land—
Boston Logan International Airport
(BOS) and Miami International Airport
(MIA).
DATES: Flights departing after 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, March
13, 2020, and covered by the arrival
restrictions regarding the countries of
the Schengen Area are required to land
at one of the airports identified in this
document. These arrival restrictions
will continue until cancelled or
modified by the Secretary of DHS and
notification is published in the Federal
Register of such cancellation or
modification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew S. Davies, Office of Field
Operations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) at 202–325–2073.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This document announces the
decision of the Secretary of Homeland
Security (DHS) to direct all flights to the
United States carrying persons who
have recently traveled from, or were
otherwise present within, the countries
of the Schengen Area to arrive at one of
the United States airports where the
United States Government is focusing
public health resources. There are
twenty-six countries in the Schengen
Area: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
Switzerland. This document also
modifies two notifications regarding
decisions of the Secretary of DHS: To
direct all flights to the United States
carrying persons who have recently
traveled from, or were otherwise present
within, the People’s Republic of China
(excluding the Special Regions of Hong
Kong and Macau) to arrive at one of the
United States airports where the United
States Government is focusing public
health resources (effective February 2,
2020); and to direct all flights to the
Background
Coronaviruses are a large family of
viruses that are common in many
different species of animals, including
camels, cattle, cats, and bats. While it is
rare, animal coronaviruses can infect
people, and then spread between people
(human-to-human) such as with Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome and Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The
United States Government is closely
monitoring an outbreak of respiratory
illness caused by human-to-human
transmission of a novel (new)
coronavirus (which has since been
renamed ‘‘SARS-CoV–2’’ and causes the
disease COVID–19), first identified in
Wuhan City, Hubei Province, People’s
Republic of China.
The potential for widespread
transmission of this virus by infected
individuals seeking to enter the United
States threatens the security of our
transportation system and
infrastructure, and the national security.
Noting recent pronouncements by the
World Health Organization (WHO) and
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) for the novel
coronavirus outbreak to assist in
preventing the introduction,
transmission, and spread of this
communicable disease globally and in
the United States, including the
categorization by WHO of COVID–19 as
a pandemic on March 11, 2020, DHS, in
Issued on February 25, 2020.
Gaetano A. Sciortino,
Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives,
Compliance & Airworthiness Division,
Aircraft Certification Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Chapter I
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Chapter XII
Notification of Arrival Restrictions
Applicable to Flights Carrying Persons
Who Have Recently Traveled From or
Were Otherwise Present Within the
Countries of the Schengen Area
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection and U.S. Transportation
Security Administration, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notification of arrival
restrictions.
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coordination with CDC and other
Federal, state and local agencies charged
with protecting the American public, is
implementing enhanced protocols to
ensure that all travelers seeking to enter
the United States with recent travel
from, or who were otherwise recently
present within, any of the countries of
the Schengen Area are provided
appropriate public health services.
The enhanced arrival protocols
concerning travelers with recent travel
from, or who were otherwise recently
present within, the People’s Republic of
China, excluding the Special
Administrative Regions of Hong Kong
and Macau, identified in the documents
published at 85 FR 6044 on February 4,
2020 and 85 FR 7214 on February 7,
2020, also remain in place in this notice,
except that flights are permitted to land
at two additional airports. The
enhanced arrival protocols concerning
travelers with recent travel from, or who
were otherwise present within, the
Islamic Republic of Iran, identified in
the document published at 85 FR 12731
on March 4, 2020, also remain in place
in this notice except that flights are
permitted to land at two additional
airports.
Enhanced traveler arrival protocols
are part of a layered approach used with
other public health measures already in
place to detect arriving travelers who
are exhibiting overt signs of illness.
Related measures include reporting ill
travelers identified by carriers during
travel to appropriate public health
officials for evaluation, and referring ill
travelers arriving at a U.S. port of entry
by CBP to appropriate public health
officials in order to slow and prevent
the introduction into, and transmission
and spread of, communicable disease in
the United States.
To ensure that travelers with recent
presence in the countries of the
Schengen Area are screened
appropriately, DHS directs that all
flights to the United States carrying
persons who have recently traveled
from, or were otherwise present within,
the countries of the Schengen Area
arrive at airports where enhanced public
health services and protocols have been
implemented. Although DHS will
continue to work with carriers to ensure
that they identify potential persons who
traveled from, or who have otherwise
recently been present within, the
affected areas prior to boarding, carriers
shall comply with the requirements of
this document in all cases, including
when such persons are identified after
boarding but prior to takeoff.
On Friday, January 31, 2020, DHS
posted a document on the Federal
Register public inspection page,
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announcing the DHS Secretary’s
decision that arrival restrictions
regarding the People’s Republic of
China (excluding the Special
Administrative Regions of Hong Kong
and Macau) would go into effect at 5
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sunday,
February 2, 2020, at seven airports. The
document announcing this decision was
published in the Federal Register on
February 4, 2020 at 85 FR 6044. On
Friday, February 7, 2020, DHS
published a document adding two
airports to the list of airports where
flights subject to the arrival restrictions
are permitted to land and describing
when the arrival restrictions would
include those airports. See 85 FR 7214.
With this document, DHS is adding the
following two additional airports to the
list of airports where flights subject to
the arrival restrictions are permitted to
land: Boston Logan International
Airport (BOS), and Miami International
Airport (MIA).
As with actions related to the People’s
Republic of China and the Islamic
Republic of Iran, DHS anticipates that
airlines will be able to fully support
implementation of these arrival
restrictions.
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Notification of Arrival Restrictions
Applicable to All Flights Carrying
Persons Who Have Recently Traveled
From or Were Otherwise Present
Within the Countries of the Schengen
Area
Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1433(c), 19 CFR
122.32, 49 U.S.C. 114, and 49 CFR
1544.305 and 1546.105, DHS has the
authority to limit the locations where all
flights entering the U.S. from abroad
may land. Under this authority and
effective for flights departing after 11:59
p.m. ET on Friday March 13, 2020, I
hereby direct all operators of aircraft to
ensure that all flights carrying persons
who have recently traveled from, or
were otherwise present within, any of
the countries of the Schengen Area only
land at one of the following airports:
• John F. Kennedy International
Airport (JFK), New York;
• Chicago O’Hare International
Airport (ORD), Illinois;
• San Francisco International Airport
(SFO), California;
• Seattle-Tacoma International
Airport (SEA), Washington;
• Daniel K. Inouye International
Airport (HNL), Hawaii;
• Los Angeles International Airport,
(LAX), California;
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport (ATL), Georgia;
• Washington-Dulles International
Airport (IAD), Virginia;
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• Newark Liberty International
Airport (EWR), New Jersey;
• Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport (DFW), Texas;
• Detroit Metropolitan Airport
(DTW), Michigan;
• Boston Logan International Airport
(BOS), Massachusetts; and
• Miami International Airport (MIA),
Florida.
This direction considers a person to
have recently traveled from, or
otherwise been present within, a
country of the Schengen Area if that
person departed from, or was otherwise
present within, a country of the
Schengen Area within 14 days of the
date of the person’s entry or attempted
entry into the United States. The
Schengen Area consists of the following
countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
Switzerland.
For purposes of this document, crew
and flights carrying only cargo (i.e., no
passengers or non-crew) are excluded
from the applicable measures set forth
in this notice.
This direction is subject to any
changes to the airport landing
destination that may be required for
aircraft and/or airspace safety, as
directed by the Federal Aviation
Administration.
This list of affected airports may be
modified by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Secretary of Transportation.
This list of affected airports may be
modified by an updated publication in
the Federal Register or by posting an
advisory to follow at www.cbp.gov. The
restrictions will remain in effect until
superseded, modified, or revoked by
publication in the Federal Register.
For purposes of this Federal Register
document, ‘‘United States’’ means the
States of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and territories and
possessions of the United States
(including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and Guam).
Chad F. Wolf,
Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
[TD 9888]
RIN 1545–BN18
Guidance Under Section 355(e)
Regarding Predecessors, Successors,
and Limitation on Gain Recognition;
Guidance Under Section 355(f);
Correcting Amendment
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
AGENCY:
This document contains a
correction to Treasury Decision 9888,
which was published in the Federal
Register on Wednesday, December 18,
2019. Treasury Decision 9888 contained
final regulations providing guidance
regarding the distribution by a
distributing corporation of stock or
securities of a controlled corporation
without the recognition of income, gain,
or loss.
DATES: This correction is effective on
March 17, 2020. For dates of
applicability, see § 1.355–8(i).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.
Reid Thompson, (202) 317–5024, or
Richard K. Passales, (202) 317–5024 (not
toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The final regulations (TD 9888) that
are the subject of this correction are
issued under section 355 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Need for Correction
As published December 18, 2019 (84
FR 69308), the final regulations (TD
9888; FR Doc. 2019–27110) contained
an error that needs to be corrected.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1
Income taxes, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is
corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 1—INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation
for part 1 continues to read in part as
follows:
■
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
Par. 2. Section 1.355–8 is amended by
revising the seventh sentence of
paragraph (h)(8)(ii)(A) to read as
follows:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Chapter I
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Chapter XII
Notification of Arrival Restrictions Applicable to Flights
Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise
Present Within the Countries of the Schengen Area
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Transportation
Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notification of arrival restrictions.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the decision of the Secretary of
Homeland Security (DHS) to direct all flights to the United States
carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise
present within, the countries of the Schengen Area to arrive at one of
the United States airports where the United States Government is
focusing public health resources. There are twenty-six countries in the
Schengen Area: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
This document also modifies two notifications regarding decisions of
the Secretary of DHS: To direct all flights to the United States
carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise
present within, the People's Republic of China (excluding the Special
Regions of Hong Kong and Macau) to arrive at one of the United States
airports where the United States Government is focusing public health
resources (effective February 2, 2020); and to direct all flights to
the United States carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or
were otherwise present within, the Islamic Republic of Iran to arrive
at one of the United States airports where the United States Government
is focusing public health resources (effective March 2, 2020). This
document also adds two additional airports to the list of airports
where flights subject to the arrival restrictions are permitted to
land--Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and Miami International
Airport (MIA).
DATES: Flights departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on
Friday, March 13, 2020, and covered by the arrival restrictions
regarding the countries of the Schengen Area are required to land at
one of the airports identified in this document. These arrival
restrictions will continue until cancelled or modified by the Secretary
of DHS and notification is published in the Federal Register of such
cancellation or modification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew S. Davies, Office of Field
Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at 202-325-2073.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in many
different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats.
While it is rare, animal coronaviruses can infect people, and then
spread between people (human-to-human) such as with Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The United
States Government is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory
illness caused by human-to-human transmission of a novel (new)
coronavirus (which has since been renamed ``SARS-CoV-2'' and causes the
disease COVID-19), first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province,
People's Republic of China.
The potential for widespread transmission of this virus by infected
individuals seeking to enter the United States threatens the security
of our transportation system and infrastructure, and the national
security. Noting recent pronouncements by the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the
novel coronavirus outbreak to assist in preventing the introduction,
transmission, and spread of this communicable disease globally and in
the United States, including the categorization by WHO of COVID-19 as a
pandemic on March 11, 2020, DHS, in coordination with CDC and other
Federal, state and local agencies charged with protecting the American
public, is implementing enhanced protocols to ensure that all travelers
seeking to enter the United States with recent travel from, or who were
otherwise recently present within, any of the countries of the Schengen
Area are provided appropriate public health services.
The enhanced arrival protocols concerning travelers with recent
travel from, or who were otherwise recently present within, the
People's Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative
Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, identified in the documents published
at 85 FR 6044 on February 4, 2020 and 85 FR 7214 on February 7, 2020,
also remain in place in this notice, except that flights are permitted
to land at two additional airports. The enhanced arrival protocols
concerning travelers with recent travel from, or who were otherwise
present within, the Islamic Republic of Iran, identified in the
document published at 85 FR 12731 on March 4, 2020, also remain in
place in this notice except that flights are permitted to land at two
additional airports.
Enhanced traveler arrival protocols are part of a layered approach
used with other public health measures already in place to detect
arriving travelers who are exhibiting overt signs of illness. Related
measures include reporting ill travelers identified by carriers during
travel to appropriate public health officials for evaluation, and
referring ill travelers arriving at a U.S. port of entry by CBP to
appropriate public health officials in order to slow and prevent the
introduction into, and transmission and spread of, communicable disease
in the United States.
To ensure that travelers with recent presence in the countries of
the Schengen Area are screened appropriately, DHS directs that all
flights to the United States carrying persons who have recently
traveled from, or were otherwise present within, the countries of the
Schengen Area arrive at airports where enhanced public health services
and protocols have been implemented. Although DHS will continue to work
with carriers to ensure that they identify potential persons who
traveled from, or who have otherwise recently been present within, the
affected areas prior to boarding, carriers shall comply with the
requirements of this document in all cases, including when such persons
are identified after boarding but prior to takeoff.
On Friday, January 31, 2020, DHS posted a document on the Federal
Register public inspection page,
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announcing the DHS Secretary's decision that arrival restrictions
regarding the People's Republic of China (excluding the Special
Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau) would go into effect at
5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at seven
airports. The document announcing this decision was published in the
Federal Register on February 4, 2020 at 85 FR 6044. On Friday, February
7, 2020, DHS published a document adding two airports to the list of
airports where flights subject to the arrival restrictions are
permitted to land and describing when the arrival restrictions would
include those airports. See 85 FR 7214. With this document, DHS is
adding the following two additional airports to the list of airports
where flights subject to the arrival restrictions are permitted to
land: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), and Miami International
Airport (MIA).
As with actions related to the People's Republic of China and the
Islamic Republic of Iran, DHS anticipates that airlines will be able to
fully support implementation of these arrival restrictions.
Notification of Arrival Restrictions Applicable to All Flights Carrying
Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise Present
Within the Countries of the Schengen Area
Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1433(c), 19 CFR 122.32, 49 U.S.C. 114, and 49
CFR 1544.305 and 1546.105, DHS has the authority to limit the locations
where all flights entering the U.S. from abroad may land. Under this
authority and effective for flights departing after 11:59 p.m. ET on
Friday March 13, 2020, I hereby direct all operators of aircraft to
ensure that all flights carrying persons who have recently traveled
from, or were otherwise present within, any of the countries of the
Schengen Area only land at one of the following airports:
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York;
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Illinois;
San Francisco International Airport (SFO), California;
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Washington;
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Hawaii;
Los Angeles International Airport, (LAX), California;
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL),
Georgia;
Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Virginia;
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), New Jersey;
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Texas;
Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), Michigan;
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Massachusetts;
and
Miami International Airport (MIA), Florida.
This direction considers a person to have recently traveled from,
or otherwise been present within, a country of the Schengen Area if
that person departed from, or was otherwise present within, a country
of the Schengen Area within 14 days of the date of the person's entry
or attempted entry into the United States. The Schengen Area consists
of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
Switzerland.
For purposes of this document, crew and flights carrying only cargo
(i.e., no passengers or non-crew) are excluded from the applicable
measures set forth in this notice.
This direction is subject to any changes to the airport landing
destination that may be required for aircraft and/or airspace safety,
as directed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
This list of affected airports may be modified by the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of Transportation. This list of
affected airports may be modified by an updated publication in the
Federal Register or by posting an advisory to follow at www.cbp.gov.
The restrictions will remain in effect until superseded, modified, or
revoked by publication in the Federal Register.
For purposes of this Federal Register document, ``United States''
means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and
territories and possessions of the United States (including Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam).
Chad F. Wolf,
Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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