Collection of Alien Biometric Data Upon Exit From the United States at Air and Sea Ports of Departure; United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program

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 [DHS-2008-0039] AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of Hearing. SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) Program, is issuing this notice to advise the public of a public hearing on June 13, 2008, in Arlington, Virginia, on “Collection of Alien Biometric Data upon Exit from the United States at Air and Sea Ports of Departure,” docket DHS-2008-0039. DATES: The hearing will be held on Friday, June 13, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen V. deThomas, US-VISIT, Department of Homeland Security; 1616 North Fort Myer Drive, 18th Floor, Arlington, Virginia, 22209 or by telephone at (202) 298-5200 (not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 24, 2008, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) Program, published a notice of proposed rulemaking “Collection of Alien Biometric Data upon Exit from the United States at Air and Sea Ports of Departure,” at 73 FR 22065 . The sixty-day public comment period for this proposed rule concludes on June 23, 2008. DHS has receive…