Non-Substantive Change Request Justification 10JUN2022

Change Request for

REQUIREMENT FOR NEGATIVE PRE-DEPARTURE COVID-19 TEST RESULT OR DOCUMENTATION OF RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 FOR ALL AIRLINE OR OTHER AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS ARRIVING INTO THE UNITED STATES from any foreign country

AND

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: 06/30/2022

Contact:

Amber Stolp

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road, NE

Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Email: wmg9@cdc.gov

Submission Date: June 9, 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 Information Collection Request: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure Covid-19 Test Result Or Documentation Of Recovery From Covid-19 For All Airline Or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving Into The United States From Any Foreign Country and 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).

CDC is rescinding the Amended Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure Covid-19 Test Result Or Documentation Of Recovery From Covid-19 For All Airline Or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving Into The United States From Any Foreign Country (“Amended Testing Order”). To align with this rescission CDC is requesting a non-substantive change to remove any references and information collections related to the Amended Testing Order in the Combined Passenger Disclosure and Attestation to the United States of America. These changes include:

1. Changing the title of the attestation to “Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination For Noncitizen Nonimmigrants Passenger Disclosure and Attestation to the United States Of America”

2. Remove Section 1 and any references related to the testing or documentation of recovery requirement from the attestation

CDC does not consider these changes substantive since it is removing the need to collect certain information to comply with a revised Order. These changes will significantly reduce the burden for the public and airlines.

The title of this collection will also be modified to REQUIREMENT FOR PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR NONCITIZEN, NONIMMIGRANT AIR PASSENGERS ARRIVING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY so that it more accurately reflects the information that is being collected.

Annualized Total Burden Hours:

The previous annual burden hours for respondents in this information collection was calculated to be 352,538,030 hours. Based on previous estimates, CDC anticipates removing the testing Order will subtract approximately 250,000,000 annual burden hours from this total, resulting in a new estimate of 102,137,231 annual burden hours to respondents for this collection.

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	Noncitizen Nonimmigrants Passenger Disclosure and Attestation to the United States Of America	90,000,000	1	1	90,000,000
Airline Desk Agent	Noncitizen Nonimmigrants Passenger Disclosure and Attestation to the United States Of America	90,000,000	1	8/60	12,000,000
Noncitizen Nonimmigrant Air Passenger	Request Humanitarian or Emergency Exception to Proof of Vaccination Requirement – (No form)	600	1	2	1,200
Air Passenger (undergoing compliance check)	Questions Asked to Air Passengers Going Through Compliance Checks (No form)	1,230,000	1	5/60	102,500
Air Passenger (undergoing compliance check with non-compliant documentation)	Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow-up Form	7,380	1	10/60	1,230
Noncitizen Nonimmigrant Air Passenger (undergoing compliance check and using humanitarian or emergency exception)	Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow-up Form	190,000	1	10/60	31,667
Air Traveler (for illness or death investigation)	Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow-up Form	1,700	1	15/60	425
Returned Inadmissible Passenger	Contact information collection for public health follow up – (No form)	835	1	5/60	70
Airline Representative	Contact information collection for public health follow up – (No form)	835	1	10/60	139
Total					102,137,231

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