Emergency Request Memo - Revision 10JUN2022

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
Atlanta GA 30341-3724

June 10, 2022
Dominic Mancini
Deputy Director
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, DC
Subject: Request for Emergency Review and Clearance
Dear Mr. Mancini:
Pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 CFR Part 1320,
Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public, I request that the revised information collection project,
Requirement For Proof Of Covid-19 Vaccination For Noncitizen, Nonimmigrant Air Passengers Arriving
Into The United States From A Foreign Country be processed in accordance with section 1320.13,
Emergency Processing.
The Order titled Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure Covid-19 Test Result or Documentation of
Recovery from Covid-19 For All Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving in The United States from
Any Foreign Country requires all air passengers 2 years of age or older, to present a negative COVID-19
viral test result within a time period based on their vaccination status, or present documentation of having
recovered from COVID-19 in the last 90 days, before boarding a flight to the U.S. from a foreign
country.
On June 10, 2022, CDC announced that the Order requiring persons to show a negative COVID-19 test
result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the United States, will be
rescinded, effective on June 12, 2022, at 12:01AM ET. This means that starting at 12:01AM ET on June
12, 2022, air passengers will not need to get tested and show a negative COVID-19 test result, or show
documentation of recovery from COVID-19, prior to boarding a flight to the U.S.
CDC’s Amended Order Advancing Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
and Amended Order Implementing Proclamation on Advancing Safe Resumption of Global Travel
During the COVID-19 Pandemic is still in effect.
CDC cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance given the evolution of the COVID-19
pandemic. After taking into account changing circumstances, including the widespread uptake of highly
effective COVID-19 vaccines and accompanying vaccine- and infection-induced immunity, as well as the
availability of effective therapeutics, CDC is now focused on preventing medically significant disease,
hospitalizations, and deaths. Accordingly, CDC has determined that it is not currently necessary to leave
the Order in place to prevent introduction of currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 into the United States.
Please provide an approval/disapproval determination of this request to collect information under an
emergency clearance by 3:30pm ET June 10, 2022.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
Atlanta GA 30341-3724

Respectfully,
signed by Christopher
Christopher R. Digitally
R. Braden -S
Date: 2022.06.10 15:02:03
Braden -S
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Christopher R. Braden, M.D.
Acting Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)