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address one or more of the following 

four points: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

suggestions to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) suggestions to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. The 

comments that are submitted will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for approval. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Title: Vessel Entrance and Clearance 

System (VECS). 

OMB Number: 1651–0019. 

Form Number: CBP Form 1300. 

Current Actions: Extension. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Abstract: CBP Form 1300, Vessel 

Entrance or Clearance Statement, is 

used to collect essential commercial 

vessel data at time of formal entrance 

and clearance in U.S. ports, allows the 

master to attest to the truthfulness of all 

CBP forms associated with the manifest 

package, and collects relevant 

information about the vessel and cargo. 

The form was developed through 

agreement by the United Nations 

Intergovernmental Maritime 

Organization (IMO) in conjunction with 

the United States and various other 

countries. The form was developed as a 

single form to replace the numerous 

other forms used by various countries 

for the entrance and clearance of 

vessels. CBP Form 1300 is authorized by 

5 U.S.C. 301, and 19 U.S.C. 66, 1415, 

1624, 2071, 1431, 1433, and 1434, as 

well as 46 U.S.C. 501, 60105 and 

provided for by 19 CFR 4. This form is 

accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/ 

newsroom/publications/

forms?title=1300&=Apply. 

This form is currently submitted in 

paper format and is anticipated to be 

submitted electronically as part of CBP’s 

efforts to automate maritime forms 

through the Vessel Entrance and 

Clearance System (VECS), which will 

reduce the need for paper submission of 

any vessel entrance or clearance 

requirements under the above 

referenced statutes and regulations. 

VECS will still collect and maintain the 

same data as CBP Form 1300 but will 

automate the capture of data to reduce 

or eliminate redundancy with other data 

collected by CBP. 

Respondents are enabled to create a 

new ACE Account type for Vessel 

Agencies through the ACE Portal. The 

new account type within ACE will 

operate as a portal that leads to the 

Vessel Entrance and Clearance System 

(VECS), which will run as its own 

independent system. 

Vessel Agents will be required to 

provide identifying information such as; 

their name, their employer 

identification number (EIN), company 

address, and their phone numbers, 

which will be requested at the time 

Vessel Agents apply for the new ACE 

account type. 

After creating an ACE account, Vessel 

Agencies, Vessel Operating Common 

Carriers (VOCCs), and their designees 

are able to use the new Vessel Entrance 

and Clearance System (VECS) as part of 

the ongoing pilot program to test the 

functionality of VECS, and will be able 

to file vessel entrance, clearance, and 

related data to CBP electronically. 

CBP is currently running a small 

public VECS Pilot on several ports. 

VECS will automate and digitize the 

collection and processing of the data 

and filing requirements for which the 

CBP Form 1300 is used. CBP plans to 

run an initial public pilot to test the 

system. All users who obtained a Vessel 

Agency Account through the ACE Portal 

will be automatically enrolled into the 

VECS public pilot. Initially, the pilot 

began at one of eleven ports where 

VECS was previously internally tested. 

CBP is providing training to each CBP 

port and the Vessel Agency personnel at 

each port, prior to beginning/expanding 

the public pilot in another port. 

The VECS public pilot will continue 

to expand to additional ports, in an 

effort to progressively test and 

implement the system nationwide. 

There will be no change to the paper 

format of CBP Form 1300, and CBP 

Form 1300 in paper format will 

continue to be accepted. 

New Submission 

The VECS Pilot will be live for 51 port 

codes as of August 2023 enabling fully 

electronic processing of vessel entrance 

and clearance. The public pilot has 

allowed CBP to identify areas for 

additional enhancement and 

automation, fix minor errors with the 

system’s operation, and simultaneously 

deploy to new locations while 

continuing to test fixes and new 

capabilities. VECS pilot will continue to 

expand to other port codes while 

implementing training for port staff. 

Type of Information Collection: CBP 

Form 1300. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,624. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 72. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 188,928. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes (0.5 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 94,464. 

Dated: August 25, 2023. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18735 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[Docket No. USCBP–2023–0021] 

Commercial Customs Operations 

Advisory Committee (COAC) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Committee management; notice 

of Federal advisory committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commercial Customs 

Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) 

will hold its quarterly meeting on 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The 

meeting will be open to the public via 

webinar only. There is no on-site, inperson option for the public to attend 

this quarterly meeting. 

DATES: The COAC will meet on 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. Please note 

that the meeting may close early if the 

committee has completed its business. 

Comments must be submitted in writing 

no later than September 15, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be open to 

the public via webinar only. The 

webinar link and conference number 

will be posted by 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

September 19, 2023, at https://

www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholderengagement/coac/coac-public-meetings. 

For information or to request special 

assistance for the meeting, contact Ms. 

Latoria Martin, Office of Trade 

Relations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, at (202) 344–1440 as soon as 

possible. Comments may be submitted 

by one of the following methods: 


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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search for Docket 

Number USCBP–2023–0021. To submit 

a comment, click the ‘‘Comment’’ button 

located on the top left-hand side of the 

docket page. 

• Email: tradeevents@cbp.dhs.gov. 

Include Docket Number USCBP–2023– 

0021 in the subject line of the message. 

Comments must be submitted in 

writing no later than September 15, 

2023, and must be identified by Docket 

No. USCBP–2023–0021. All 

submissions received must also include 

the words ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security.’’ All comments received will 

be posted without change to https://

www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholderengagement/coac/coac-public-meetings 

and www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

please refrain from including any 

personal information you do not wish to 

be posted. You may wish to view the 

Privacy and Security Notice, which is 

available via a link on 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Latoria Martin, Office of Trade 

Relations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 

20229, (202) 344–1440; or Ms. Felicia 

M. Pullam, Designated Federal Officer, 

at (202) 344–1440 or via email at 

tradeevents@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the 

authority of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, title 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. The 

Commercial Customs Operations 

Advisory Committee (COAC) provides 

advice to the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security, the 

Secretary of the Department of the 

Treasury, and the Commissioner of U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on 

matters pertaining to the commercial 

operations of CBP and related functions 

within the Department of Homeland 

Security and the Department of the 

Treasury. 

The COAC is committed to ensuring 

that all participants have equal access 

regardless of disability status. If you 

require a reasonable accommodation 

due to a disability to fully participate, 

please contact Ms. Latoria Martin at 

(202) 344–1440 as soon as possible. 

Please feel free to share this 

information with other interested 

members of your organization or 

association. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues the committee will consider prior 

to the formulation of recommendations 

as listed in the AGENDA section below. 

There will be multiple public 

comment periods held during the 

meeting on September 20, 2023. 

Speakers are requested to limit their 

comments to two minutes or less to 

facilitate greater participation. Please 

note that the public comment period for 

speakers may end before the time 

indicated on the schedule that is posted 

on the CBP web page: http://

www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholderengagement/coac. 

Agenda 

The COAC will hear from the current 

subcommittees on the topics listed 

below: 

1. The Intelligent Enforcement 

Subcommittee will provide updates on 

the work completed and topics 

discussed in its working groups. The 

Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/ 

CVD) Working Group will provide 

updates regarding its work and 

discussions on importer compliance 

with AD/CVD requirements. The 

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 

Process Modernization Working Group 

will report on, and anticipates providing 

recommendations for the committee’s 

consideration relating to, the 

development of a portal on the CBP IPR 

web page and other enhancements in 

communications between CBP, rights 

holders, and the trade community 

regarding enforcement actions. The 

Bond Working Group will report on the 

ongoing discussions and status updates 

for eBond requirements. The Forced 

Labor Working Group (FLWG) has been 

working on the implementation of 

recommendations and updates, as well 

as revisions to its statement of work. 

The FLWG will also provide updates 

and anticipates making 

recommendations for the committee’s 

consideration at the September public 

meeting. 

2. The Next Generation Facilitation 

Subcommittee will provide updates on 

its working groups. There will be an 

update and potential recommendations 

for the committee’s consideration from 

the Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) 2.0 Working Group 

regarding progress on the ACE 2.0 

initiative resulting from the working 

group’s recent in-person sessions held 

to review the CBP ACE 2.0 Concept of 

Operations processes. The Customs 

Interagency Industry Working Group 

(CII) (formerly the One U.S. Government 

Working Group) will provide an update 

on the work accomplished this quarter, 

which includes discussions with 

Partner Government Agencies and an 

update on ACE 2.0. The Passenger Air 

Operations (PAO) Working Group has 

been focusing its discussions on CBP 

security seal processing and access to 

international aircraft and passengers, 

landing rights, and elimination of 

outdated or obsolete forms, and will 

provide an update on those discussions. 

3. The Rapid Response Subcommittee 

will provide updates from the Broker 

Modernization Working Group and the 

United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement (USMCA) Chapter 7 Working 

Group. The Broker Modernization 

Working Group currently meets 

monthly and continues to focus on the 

19 CFR part 111 final rules relating to 

Modernization of the Customs Broker 

Regulations and Continuing Education 

for Licensed Customs Brokers, as well as 

Customs Broker Licensing Exams 

matters. The subcommittee anticipates 

the Broker Modernization Working 

Group will provide one 

recommendation for the committee’s 

consideration. The USMCA Chapter 7 

Working Group meets bi-weekly with 

the expectation that recommendations 

will be developed and submitted for 

consideration at an upcoming COAC 

public meeting. The current focus of 

this working group is to review the 

Chapter 7 articles of the USMCA and 

identify gaps in implementation 

between the United States, Mexico, and 

Canada. 

4. The Secure Trade Lanes 

Subcommittee will provide updates on 

its five active working groups: the 

Export Modernization Working Group, 

the In-Bond Working Group, the Trade 

Partnership and Engagement Working 

Group, the Pipeline Working Group, and 

the Cross-Border Recognition Working 

Group. The Export Modernization 

Working Group has continued its work 

on the electronic export manifest pilot 

program. The In-Bond Working Group 

has continued its focus on the 

implementation of previously submitted 

recommendations. The Trade 

Partnership and Engagement Working 

Group has focused its work on 

implementing previous 

recommendations for Customs Trade 

Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) 

Trade Compliance partners and is 

working to update its statement of work 

to include CTPAT security. The 

Pipeline Working Group expects to 

submit a recommendation for the 

committee’s consideration that CBP 

develop a pilot to use Distributed 

Ledger Technology to enhance 

transparency in supply chains for 

pipeline-borne goods. Although the 

Cross-Border Recognition Working 

Group did not meet this quarter, it 

remains an active working group within 

the subcommittee and will resume 

meetings next quarter. 


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Meeting materials will be available by 

September 11, 2023, at: http://

www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholderengagement/coac/coac-public-meetings. 

Dated: August 25, 2023. 

Felicia M. Pullam, 

Executive Director, Office of Trade Relations. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18718 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2023–0024] 

Homeland Security Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Office of Partnership and 

Engagement (OPE), Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Advisory Council (HSAC) will hold a 

public in-person meeting on Thursday, 

September 14, 2023. The meeting will 

be open to the public via teleconference. 

DATES: The meeting will take place from 

02 p.m. ET to 04:30 p.m. ET on 

Thursday, September 14, 2023. Please 

note that the meeting may end early if 

the Council has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The HSAC meeting will be 

held at DHS St. Elizabeths Campus in 

Washington, DC Members of the public 

interested in participating may do so via 

teleconference by following the process 

outlined below. The public will be in 

listen-only mode except for the public 

comment portion of the meeting. 

Written comments must be submitted by 

05 p.m. ET on September 13, 2023. 

Comments must be identified by Docket 

No. DHS–2023–0024 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: HSAC@hq.dhs.gov. Include 

Docket No. DHS–2023–0024 in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Rebecca Sternhell, Acting 

Executive Director of the Homeland 

Security Advisory Council, Office of 

Partnership and Engagement, Mailstop 

0385, Department of Homeland 

Security, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr 

Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and ‘‘DHS–2023– 

0024’’, the docket number for this 

action. Comments received will be 

posted without alteration at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

may wish to review the Privacy and 

Security Notice found via a link on the 

homepage of www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read comments received by the Council, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov, search 

‘‘DHS–2023–0024,’’ ‘‘Open Docket 

Folder’’ to view the comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Sternhell, Acting Executive 

Director, Homeland Security Advisory 

Council at 202–891–2876 or HSAC@

hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1009, which requires 

each FACA committee meeting to be 

open to the public unless the President, 

or the head of the agency to which the 

advisory committee reports, determines 

that a portion of the meeting may be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c). 

The HSAC provides organizationally 

independent, strategic, timely, specific, 

actionable advice, and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security on matters related to 

homeland security. The Council 

consists of senior executives from 

government, the private sector, 

academia, law enforcement, and nongovernmental organizations. The open 

session will include: (1) Remarks from 

Senior DHS leaders, (2) Introduction 

and swearing in of a new member, (3) 

briefings, public comment, HSAC 

member deliberation, and voting on the 

the four draft reports from the DHS 

Workforce; Alternatives to Detention; 

Homeland Security Grant Program 

Review; and the Artificial Intelligence— 

Mission Focused subcommittees. The 

Council was tasked to create these 

subcommittees on March 27, 2023. The 

taskings can be found on the HSAC 

website at www.dhs.gov/homelandsecurity-advisory-council. The HSAC 

will also receive updates on previous 

recommendations it has submitted to 

the Secretary. 

Members of the public will be in 

listen-only mode except during the 

public comment session. Members of 

the public may register to participate in 

this Council meeting via teleconference 

under the following procedures. Each 

individual must provide their full legal 

name and email address no later than 

5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 

13, 2023, to Rebecca Sternhell, Acting 

Executive Director of the Homeland 

Security Advisory Council via email to 

HSAC@hq.dhs.gov or via phone at 202– 

891–2876. Members of the public who 

have registered to participate will be 

provided the teleconference call-in 

number, meeting agenda, and the four 

draft subcommittee reports after the 

closing of the public registration period 

and prior to the start of the meeting. For 

more information about the HSAC, 

please visit our website: https://

www.dhs.gov/homeland-securityadvisory-council. 

For information on services for 

individuals with disabilities, or to 

request special assistance, please email 

HSAC@hq.dhs.gov by 5:00 p.m. ET on 

Thursday, September 7, 2023 or call 

202–891–2876. The HSAC is committed 

to ensuring all participants have equal 

access regardless of disability status. If 

you require a reasonable 

accommodation due to a disability to 

fully participate, please contact Rebecca 

Sternhell at 202–891–2876 or HSAC@

hq.dhs.gov as soon as possible. 

Dated: August 24, 2023. 

Rebecca Sternhell, 

Acting Executive Director, Homeland Security 

Advisory Council, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18631 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7071–N–10] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection; Housing Counseling 

Homeownership Initiative Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (HI NOFO); OMB 

Control No.: 2502–NEW 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 30, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection can be submitted 

within 60 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 60-day Review—Open 


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