Fee for Fingerprints Collected by CBP

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 AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS. ACTION: General notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin collecting a fee for fingerprints collected by CBP from applicants seeking unescorted access to CBP security areas at airports. CBP collects fingerprints from applicants when the applicant submits a paper application or when the applicant is an eBadge applicant for whom CBP has not received fingerprints from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) or the fingerprints CBP receives from TSA are unreadable or unusable. The fee is the total of the current Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) user fee for conducting fingerprint checks and the CBP administrative processing fee. DATES: CBP will begin collecting the fee described in this notice after June 17, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guy Cange, Branch Chief, Traveler Entry Program, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, by telephone at (202) 403-4176, or email at guy.h.cange@cbp.dhs.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for securing the borders, territorial waters, ports, terminals, waterways, and air, land, and sea transportation systems of the United States. See Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296 , sec. 402, 116 Stat. 2135, 2177-78, as amended ( 6 U.S.C. 202 ). Within DHS, two compon…