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provisions of subpart B of Part 177 consistent
with the Federal Procurement Regulation
(‘‘FAR’’). See 19 CFR 177.21. In this regard,
CBP recognizes that the FAR restricts the
U.S. Government’s purchase of products to
U.S.-made or designated country end
products for acquisitions subject to the TAA.
See 48 CFR 25.403(c)(1).
The FAR, 48 CFR 25.003, defines
‘‘designated country end product’’ as:
a WTO GPA [World Trade Organization
Government Procurement Agreement]
country end product, an FTA [Free Trade
Agreement] country end product, a least
developed country end product, or a
Caribbean Basin country end product.
Section 25.003 defines ‘‘Least developed
country end product’’ as an article that:
(1) Is wholly the growth, product, or
manufacture of a least developed country; or
(2) In the case of an article that consists in
whole or in part of materials from another
country, has been substantially transformed
in a least developed country into a new and
different article of commerce with a name,
character, or use distinct from that of the
article or articles from which it was
transformed. The term refers to a product
offered for purchase under a supply contract,
but for purposes of calculating the value of
the end product includes services (except
transportation services) incidental to the
article, provided that the value of those
incidental services does not exceed that of
the article itself.
As previously noted, the fabric from
Bangladesh is cut to size, sewn, autoclaved,
and packaged in Vietnam. Bangladesh is a
TAA-designated country, and Vietnam is not.
The information submitted indicates that
the surgical towels are made of 100% cotton.
GRI also indicates that the goods are
classified in subheading 6307.90.89, HTSUS,
as a textile product. The rules of origin for
textile and apparel products for purposes of
the customs laws and the administration of
quantitative restrictions are governed by 19
U.S.C. 3592, unless otherwise provided for
by statute. These provisions are implemented
in the CBP Regulations at 19 CFR 102.21.
Section 3592 of title 19 has been described
as Congress’s expression of substantial
transformation as it relates to textile and
apparel products. Therefore, the country of
origin of the surgical towels for Government
procurement purposes is determined by
sequential application of the general rules set
forth in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(5) of 19
CFR 102.21.
Paragraph (c)(1) states: ‘‘The country of
origin of a textile or apparel product is the
single country, territory, or insular
possession in which the good was wholly
obtained or produced.’’ Since the surgical
towels are produced by processing in both
Bangladesh and Vietnam, they are not wholly
obtained or produced in a single country,
territory or insular possession. Therefore
paragraph (c)(1) of Section 102.21 is
inapplicable.
Paragraph (c)(2) states: ‘‘Where the country
of origin of a textile or apparel product
cannot be determined under paragraph (c)(1)
of this section, the country of origin of the
good is the single country, territory, or
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foreign materials incorporated in that good
underwent an applicable change in tariff
classification, and/or met any other
requirement specified for the good in
paragraph (e) of this section.’’
Paragraph (e)(1) provides that ‘‘The
following rules will apply for purposes of
determining the country of origin of a textile
or apparel product under paragraph (c)(2) of
this section.’’ The applicable rule, that
corresponds to subheading 6307.90.89,
HTSUS, states:
6307.90 The country of origin of a good
classifiable under subheading 6307.90 is the
country, territory, or insular possession in
which the fabric comprising the good was
formed by a fabric-making process.
In the instant case, the 100% cotton fabric
that is woven and dyed blue in Bangladesh
is imported into Vietnam where it is cut to
size, sewn, and autoclaved to make surgical
towels. Therefore, the country of origin of the
surgical towels is Bangladesh, where the
100% cotton fabric that comprises the
surgical towel was formed by a fabric-making
process. As the surgical towels meet the
requirements for goods classified in
subheading 6307.90, HTSUS, pursuant to 19
CFR 102.21(c)(2), the country of origin of the
surgical towels is Bangladesh.
Based on the analysis above, we find that
the country of origin of the subject surgical
towels is Bangladesh and, therefore, the
surgical towels would be the product of a
foreign country or instrumentality designated
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2511(b)(1).
Holding
Based on the facts and analysis set forth
above, the country of origin of the instant
surgical towels will be Bangladesh.
Notice of this final determination will be
given in the Federal Register, as required by
19 CFR 177.29. Any party-at-interest other
than the party which requested this final
determination may request, pursuant to 19
CFR 177.31, that CBP reexamine the matter
anew and issue a new final determination.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 177.30, any party-atinterest may, within 30 days of publication
of the Federal Register Notice referenced
above, seek judicial review of this final
determination before the U.S. Court of
International Trade.
Sincerely,
Alice A. Kipel, Executive Director,
Regulations and Rulings,
Office of Trade.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[OMB Control Number 1651–0140]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension; Collection of
Advance Information From Certain
Undocumented Individuals on the
Land Border
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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
December 16, 2024) to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice must include
the OMB Control Number 1651–0140 in
the subject line and the agency name.
Please submit written comments and/or
suggestions in English. Please use the
following method to submit comments:
Email. Submit comments to: CBP_
[email protected].
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 process is conducted in
SUMMARY:

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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 of
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: Advance Collection of
Information from undocumented
Individuals on the Land Border.
OMB Number: 1651–0140.
Form Number: N/A.
Current Actions: This submission will
extend the expiration date of this
information collection, with no change
to the burden or information collected.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Individuals.
Abstract: Under this collection, CBP
collects certain biographic and
biometric information from
undocumented noncitizens via the
CBPOneTM application, prior to their
arrival at a Port of Entry (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 undocumented
noncitizens. Providing this information
reduces the amount of data entered by
CBP Officers (CBPOs) and the
corresponding time required to process
an undocumented noncitizen 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
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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 requires the
submission of a live facial photograph
for all noncitizens who choose to
provide advance information to CBP via
CBPOneTM. 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.
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 CBPOneTM
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 CBPOneTM are
processed in a more streamlined manner
at the POE than those who do not use
CBPOneTM, since their advance
information is prepopulated into CBP
systems, which reduces manual data
entry during processing. Noncitizens
who did not submit information through
CBPOneTM may need to wait to be
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information and scheduled a
presentation date).
Based on user and stakeholder
feedback, CBPOneTM scheduling occurs
through a daily appointment allocation
process. Noncitizens submit a daily
request in the CBPOneTM application,
indicating that they would like an
appointment within the next 21 days.
Each day at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
available appointments are allocated to
those who requested an appointment.
Individuals who are issued an
appointment then have a 23-hour period
to complete the scheduling process
(until 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time the
following day), which includes
confirming the appointment time and
providing a live facial photograph. By
providing a long period of time to
complete the scheduling process and
confirm the appointment (i.e., 23 hours
versus the previous few minutes under
a first come, first served scheduling
system)), this scheduling feature
mitigates certain bandwidth issues that
may arise for some users as a result of
a large volume of people submitting
information during a short window of
time. The CBPOneTM application
validates the users is within central or
northern Mexico, captures a live photo,
and matches that photo to the user’s
registrations photo.
Finally, each day, unconfirmed
appointments are reallocated among the
current pool of registrations. This
process enables noncitizens to request a
preferred POE at which to schedule an
appointment.
Individuals who use the CBPOneTM
application will be able to schedule an
appointment to present themselves at
the following ports of entry:
• Arizona: Nogales;
• Texas: Brownsville, Hidalgo,
Laredo, Eagle Pass, and El Paso (Paso
Del Norte); and
• California: Calexico and San Ysidro
(Pedestrian West—El Chaparral).
Future and ongoing enhancements to
the app are expected based on user and
stakeholder feedback to ensure equity in
the scheduling process. These
enhancements may include expanding
appointment slots to additional POEs.
On August 23, 2024, CBP used an
emergency revision to this information
collection to expand the geofence for
Mexican nationals to include all of
Mexico and add the Mexican states of
Tabasco and Chiapas to the current
boundaries for all other nationalities. By
adjusting the boundaries, CBP aids the
Government of Mexico in its efforts to
enforce its immigration laws and
regulations and align resources to those
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Due to the volume of individuals
traveling through Mexico to present at a
POE at a designated date and time, CBP
has deployed a validation mechanism to
assist the Mexican government officials
when they encounter an individual or
group who claim to have a CBPOneTM
appointment. The tool requires the
Mexican government official to enter an
individual’s CBPOneTM confirmation
number and date of birth. Once
submitted, the tool returns confirmation
of any valid CBPOneTM appointment
with the appointment date, time, and
location, as well as the total number of
people in the group.
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
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Type of Information Collection: Daily
Appointment Request.
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:
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.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[OMB Control Number 1651–0NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Collection of
Information; Forced Labor Allegation
Portal/Forced Labor Portal
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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
November 14, 2024) 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
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et seq.). This proposed information
collection was previously published in
the Federal Register (89 FR 24482) on
April 08, 2024, allowing for a 60-day
comment period. This notice 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 of
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: Forced Labor Allegation Portal/
Forced Labor Portal.
OMB Number: 1651–0NEW.
Form Number: N/A.
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New collection of
information.
Affected Public: Businesses,
Individuals.
Abstract: U.S. Customs and Borders
Protection (CBP) has created a new
Forced Labor Allegation Portal and
Forced Labor Portal. Currently,
information regarding potential forced
labor and trade violations are
electronically submitted via the eAllegations website at: https://
www.cbp.gov/trade/e-allegations/.
Submissions from petitioners for
revocation and modification requests
are submitted by email to ForcedLabor@
cbp.dhs.gov (and through the BOX
program and the Case Management
System—CMS). Exception review
information is sent to UFLPAInquiry@
cbp.dhs.gov mailbox via email with
multiple zip files.
Applicability review information is
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