Flights To and From Cuba

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection 8 CFR Part 234 19 CFR Part 122 [Docket No. USCBP-2016-0015; CBP Decision No. 19-06] RIN 1651-AB10 AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule adopts as final, without change, interim amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2016, that removed certain provisions regarding flights to and from Cuba that were either obsolete due to intervening regulatory changes or were duplicative of regulations applicable to all other similarly situated international flights. DATES: This rule is effective on June 25, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arthur A.E. Pitts, Sr., U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, by phone at (202) 344-2752 or by email at Arthur.A.Pitts@cbp.dhs.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On March 21, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule (IFR) in the Federal Register ( 81 FR 14948 ) amending CBP regulations to remove regulations previously codified at 19 CFR , part 122, subpart O. The removed regulations imposed certain restrictions and reporting requirements on flights to and from Cuba. The implementation of robust reporting requirements that generally apply to all international flights rendered much of subpart O redundant. Additionally, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (…