Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Collection of Advance Information From Certain Individuals on the Land Border, 3234-3236 [2025-00524]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3234-3236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00524]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[OMB Control Number 1651-0140]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Collection of 
Advance Information From Certain Individuals on the Land Border

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal 
Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and must be submitted (no later than 
February 13, 2025) to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice should be sent within 30 days of publication 
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please submit 
written comments and/or suggestions in English. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional PRA 
information should be directed to Seth Renkema, Chief, Economic Impact 
Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade, 
Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 
20229-1177, telephone number 202-325-0056 or via email 
[email protected]. Please note that the contact information provided 
here is solely for questions regarding this notice. Individuals seeking 
information about other CBP programs should contact the CBP National 
Customer Service Center at 877-227-5511, (TTY) 1-800-877-8339, or CBP 
website at https://www.cbp.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on the proposed and/or continuing 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This proposed information collection was 
previously published as an extension without change in the Federal 
Register (89 FR 83030) on October 15, 2024, allowing for a 60-day 
comment period. This notice includes a new change not mentioned in the 
previous notice and allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8. 
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies 
should address one or more of the following four points: (1) whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) suggestions to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses. The comments that are submitted will be summarized and 
included in the request for approval. All comments will become a matter 
of public record.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Title: Collection of Advance Information from Certain Individuals 
on the Land Border.
    OMB Number: 1651-0140.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Current Actions: This submission will revise the collection to 
include documented individuals and extend the expiration date of this 
information collection.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its 
component U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have established a 
process to streamline the processing of travelers under title 8 of the 
United States Code at ports of entry (POEs). This process involves the 
submission of certain biographic and biometric information to CBP, via 
the CBP One \TM\ application, in advance of arrival at a POE.
    Under this collection, CBP collects certain biographic and 
biometric information from travelers via the CBP One \TM\ application, 
prior to their arrival at a POE, to streamline their processing at the 
POE. The requested information is that which CBP would otherwise 
collect from these individuals during primary and/or secondary 
processing. This information is provided directly by travelers. 
Providing this information reduces the amount of data entered by CBP 
Officers (CBPOs) and the corresponding time required to process 
travelers at the POE.
    The biographic and biometric information being collected in 
advance, that would otherwise be collected during primary and/or 
secondary processing at the POEs, includes descriptive information such 
as: Name, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, City of Birth, Country of 
Residence, Contact Information, Addresses, Nationality, Employment 
history (optional), Travel history, Emergency Contact (optional), U.S. 
and foreign addresses, Familial Information, Marital Status, Identity 
Document (not a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) compliant 
document) (optional), Name and contact information for someone who 
assisted the user (Optional), Gender, Preferred Language, Height, 
Weight, Eye color and Photograph.
    This collection may require the submission of a live facial 
photograph for all noncitizens who choose to provide advance 
information to CBP via CBP One \TM\. The submission of a live 
photograph in advance provides CBPOs with a mechanism to match a 
noncitizen who arrives at the POE with the photograph submitted in 
advance, therefore identifying those individuals, and verifying their 
identity as well as conducting advance vetting. The live photograph is 
particularly important for identity verification if an NGO/IO is not 
assisting an individual in scheduling their presentation at a POE. In 
addition, the requirement for a live photo that contains latitude and 
longitude data points allows CBP to ensure the individual is physically 
located within the designated geofence areas. Creating designated areas 
allows an individual to secure an appointment without congregating in 
potentially dangerous conditions at the U.S. Southwest Border; and only 
traveling to or through Mexico for the intended purpose of presenting 
themselves to CBP for inspection. Documented travelers will be required 
to submit a photo but will not be required to utilize the liveness 
feature.
    In addition, CBP allows individuals to request to present 
themselves for processing at a specific POE on a specific day or days, 
although such a request does not guarantee that an individual will be 
processed on a given date or at a given time. Individuals also have the 
opportunity to modify their requests within the CBP One\TM\ application 
to an alternate day or time. The functionality to modify their request 
to an alternative date and time does not require the collection of new 
Personal Identification Information (PII) data elements.
    Noncitizens who use CBP One are processed in a more streamlined 
manner at the POE, since their advance information is prepopulated into 
CBP systems, which reduces manual data entry during processing. 
Travelers who did not submit information through CBP One may need to 
wait to be processed in a separate line from those who used CBP One 
(reserved for those who submitted their advance information and 
scheduled a presentation date).
    CBP invites the public to comment on the previously approved 
Emergency Revision for Noncitizens only:
    1. Change in CBP One Geofence Designated Areas:
    In response to a request from the Government of Mexico, CBP is 
adjusting the specific boundaries from where individuals can request 
and confirm CBP One appointments.
    Under the current process, individuals seeking appointments must be 
located within Central or Northern Mexico. The Government of Mexico has 
requested an adjustment to the geofence to assist in its efforts to 
influence where individuals congregate while they seek a CBP One 
appointment. CBP will be expanding the geofence for Mexican nationals 
to all of Mexico and CBP will be adding the Mexican states of Tabasco 
and Chiapas to the current boundaries for all other nationalities. By 
adjusting the boundaries, CBP will assist the Government of Mexico in 
its efforts to enforce its immigration laws and regulations and align 
resources to those areas where migrants are located. The Government of 
Mexico has the right to enforce their immigration laws and regulations 
and the current geofence boundaries hinder their migration enforcement 
approach. Further geofence adjustments may be made in the future in 
response to Government of Mexico requests.
    2. Validation Tool:
    Due to the volume of individuals traveling through Mexico to 
present at a POE at a designated date and time, the Government of 
Mexico is requesting assistance in validating appointments of 
individuals or groups of individuals it encounters transiting through 
Mexico. In response, CBP is deploying a validation mechanism to assist 
Mexican government officials when they encounter an individual or group 
who claim to have a CBP One appointment. The tool will require the 
Mexican government official to enter an individual's CBP One 
confirmation number and date of birth. Once submitted, the tool will 
return confirmation of any valid CBP One appointment with the 
appointment date, time, and location, as well as the total number of 
people in the group.
    This Revision Submission:
    In the previous 60-day FRN CBP announced no changes to the 
collection, however in this notice CBP has added a new change that 
enables documented travelers to utilize the CBP One application, 
previously a feature only available for undocumented travelers.
    Type of Information Collection: Advance Information on Undocumented 
Travelers--Registration.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500,000.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 500,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 12 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100,000.


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    Type of Information Collection: Advance Information on Documented 
Travelers--Registration.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 20,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,666.

    Type of Information Collection: Daily Appointment Request for 
Undocumented Travelers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500,000.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 60.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 30,000,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500,000.

    Type of Information Collection: Daily Appointment Request for 
Documented Travelers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 20,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 333.

    Type of Information Collection: Confirmation of Appointment.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 529,250.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 529,250.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,463.

    Dated: January 7, 2025.
Seth D Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2025-00524 Filed 1-13-25; 8:45 am]
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