Non-Substantive Change Request Memo 09DEC2022

Non-Substantive Change Request for Paperwork Reduction Act Information Collection Request: Requirement for Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for Noncitizen, Nonimmigrant Air Passengers Arriving into The United States from a Foreign Country

(OMB Control No. 0920-1318)

Expiration Date: 12/31/2022

Contact:

Chip Daymude

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road, NE

Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Email: [email protected]

Submission Date: December 8, 2022

Circumstances of Change Request for OMB 0920-1318

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) requests nonmaterial/non-substantive changes to the currently approved Paperwork Reduction Act Information Collection Request: Requirement for Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for Noncitizen, Nonimmigrant Air Passengers Arriving into The United States from a Foreign Country (OMB Control 0920-1318).

Background: CDC submitted an emergency revision request to OMB Control #0920-1318 on June 11, 2022 to remove anything related to the rescinded requirement for air passengers to show a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery from the attestation. The information collection request is currently approved until December 31, 2022.

Change Request:

1. To align with current CDC guidance that no longer includes a recommendation to self-quarantine after travel, CDC is removing the requirement for excepted noncitizen nonimmigrants to self-quarantine after arrival in the United States from the attestation. Removing this requirement will remove the burden for certain excepted noncitizen nonimmigrants to have to attest self-quarantine after arrival in the United States.

2. CDC is also requesting approval to not display the expiration date of the OMB control number on the attestation. Removing it would reduce the burden to airlines to have to print new attestations or any time there are changes to it.

3. Adding “series” to the reference to TSA Security Directive 1544-21-03 and Executive Amendment 1546-21-02 on page 1 that are related to the proof of vaccination requirement. By adding “series”, airlines will not need to update the attestation each time the Security Directive or Executive Amendment is extended.

“As directed by the CDC and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), through the Security Directive 1544-21-03 series and Emergency Amendment 1546-21-02 series, and consistent with CDC’s Order implementing the Proclamation, all airline or other aircraft operators must provide the following disclosures to all passengers prior to their boarding a flight from a foreign country to the United States.”

Annualized Total Burden Hours:

There is no change to total estimated burden hours for this non-substantive change request.

Attachments

Attachment A - Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Passenger Disclosure and Attestation

Type of Respondent	Form Name	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hours)	Total burden (in hours)
Noncitizen Nonimmigrant Air Passenger	Section 2 of Combined Passenger Disclosure and Attestation to the United States of America	60,000,000	1	1	60,000,000
Airline Desk Agent	Combined Passenger Disclosure and Attestation to the United States of America	60,000,000	1	8/60	16,400,000
Noncitizen Nonimmigrant Air Passenger	Request Humanitarian or Emergency Exception to Proof of Vaccination Requirement – (No form)	3,400	1	2	6,800
Air Passenger (undergoing compliance check)	Questions Asked to Air Passengers Going Through Compliance Checks (No form)	270,000	1	5/60	22,500
Air Passenger (undergoing compliance check with non-compliant documentation)	Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow-up Form	1,620	1	10/60	270
Noncitizen Nonimmigrant Air Passenger (undergoing compliance check and using humanitarian or emergency exception)	Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow-up Form	30	1	10/60	5
Air Traveler (for illness or death investigation)	Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow-up Form	65,000	1	15/60	16,250
Total					68,045,825

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