Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
In this final rule, the Department of Homeland Security clarifies that the Secretary of Homeland Security has the authority to establish, rearrange or consolidate, and discontinue Customs ports of entry and Customs stations and revises the Customs and Border Protection regulations to reflect this clarification.
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 19 CFR Part 101 [CBP Dec. No. 23-05] RIN 1651-AB44 AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In this final rule, the Department of Homeland Security clarifies that the Secretary of Homeland Security has the authority to establish, rearrange or consolidate, and discontinue Customs ports of entry and Customs stations and revises the Customs and Border Protection regulations to reflect this clarification. DATES: This rule is effective on November 16, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siobhan Chambers, Branch Chief, Modeling and Optimization, Office of Field Operations, Planning, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Operational and Enterprise Analytics, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at siobhan.m.chambers@cbp.dhs.gov or (202) 325-3935. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, operates two types of ports of entry, commonly referred to as immigration ports of entry and Customs ports of entry. Immigration ports of entry are those ports of entry used for the processing of travelers arriving by any means of travel into the United States. See title 8 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section 235.1 ( 8 CFR 235.1 ). Customs ports of entry, which include customs service ports, are those entry locations authorized to receive entries of merchandise for the collection of duties and for the en…
Citation: 88 FR 78637
