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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[OMB Control Number 1651–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of Existing 

Collection; U.S. Customs Declaration 

(CBP Form 6059B) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) will be submitting the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The 

information collection is published in 

the Federal Register to obtain comments 

from the public and affected agencies. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

must be submitted (no later than March 

1, 2024) to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

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

PRAMain . Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional PRA information 

should be directed to Seth Renkema, 

Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Office of Trade, Regulations 

and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20229–1177, 

Telephone number 202–325–0056 or via 

email CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov. Please 

note that the contact information 

provided here is solely for questions 

regarding this notice. Individuals 

seeking information about other CBP 

programs should contact the CBP 

National Customer Service Center at 

877–227–5511, (TTY) 1–800–877–8339, 

or CBP website at https://www.cbp. 

gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on the 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register (88 FR 13452) on 

March 03, 2023, allowing for a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8. Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies should 

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: U.S. Customs Declaration. 

OMB Number: 1651–0009. 

Form Number: 6059B. 

Current Actions: CBP is submitting a 

revision package to terminate the APC 

Program, announce MPC Expansion, 

and add the CBP One Mobile 

Application to the collection. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Abstract: CBP Form 6059B, Customs 

Declaration, is used as a standard report 

of the identity and residence of each 

person arriving in the United States. 

This form is also used to declare 

imported articles to U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) in accordance 

with 19 CFR 122.27, 148.12, 148.13, 

148.110, 148.111; 31 U.S.C. 5316 and 

Section 498 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1498). 

Section 148.13 of the CBP regulations 

prescribes the use of the CBP Form 

6059B when a written declaration is 

required of a traveler entering the 

United States. Generally, written 

declarations are required from travelers 

arriving by air or sea. Section 148.12 

requires verbal declarations from 

travelers entering the United States. 

Generally, verbal declarations are 

required from travelers arriving by land. 

CBP continues to find ways to 

improve the entry process through the 

use of mobile technology to ensure it is 

safe and efficient. To that end, CBP has 

deployed a process which allows 

travelers to use a mobile app to submit 

information to CBP prior to arrival in 

domestic locations and prior to 

departure at preclearance locations. 

This process, called Mobile Passport 

Control (MPC) allows travelers to selfsegment upon arrival into the United 

States or departing a preclearance 

location. The MPC process also helps 

determine under what circumstances 

CBP should require a written customs 

declaration (CBP Form 6059B) and 

when it is beneficial to admit travelers 

who make an oral customs declaration 

during the primary inspection. MPC 

eliminates the administrative tasks 

performed by the officer during a 

traditional inspection and in most cases 

will eliminate the need for respondents/ 

travelers to fill out a paper declaration. 

MPC provides a more efficient and 

secure in person inspection between the 

CBP Officer and the traveler. 

Another electronic process that CBP 

has in lieu of the paper 6059B is the 

Automated Passport Control (APC). This 

is a CBP program that facilitates the 

entry process for travelers by providing 

self-service kiosks in CBP’s Primary 

Inspection area that travelers can use to 

make their declaration. 

Both APC and MPC allow an 

electronic method for travelers to 

answer the questions that appear on 

form 6059B without filling out a paper 

form. APC program will continue to 

collect this information until the 

program is terminated on September 30, 

2023. 

A sample of CBP Form 6059B can be 

found at: https://www.cbp.gov/ 

newsroom/publications/ 

forms?title=6059. 

This collection is available in the 

following languages: English, French, 

Vietnamese, German, Italian, Japanese, 

Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, 

Chinese, Hebrew, Spanish, Dutch, 

Arabic, Farsi, and Punjabi. 

New Change 

APC Program Termination 

The Automated Passport Control 

(APC) program is terminated as of 

September 30, 2023. Termination of the 

APC program will allow CBP passenger 

processing to streamline into a single 

Simplified Arrival workflow without 

need of interacting with a kiosk. The 

removal of the kiosk space will also 

provide additional queueing space for 

travelers that will utilize MPC to 


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expedite their entry process into the 

United States. 

MPC Expansion 

Mobile Passport Control (MPC) 

program will expand to include U.S. 

Legal permanent residents (LPR) and 

Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country 

visitors arriving for their second visit to 

the United States. The Automated 

Passport Control (APC) program 

previously captured this population, 

and CBP is now expanding the MPC 

program to be used by these 

populations. U.S. LPRs are eligible for 

SA’s photo biometric confirmation upon 

arrival into the United States. Other 

classes of admission eligible for SA’s 

photo biometric confirmation will be 

considered for MPC inclusion as a 

future update. 

CBP OneTM Mobile Application 

A new mobile application testing the 

operational effectiveness of a process 

which allows travelers to use a mobile 

application to submit information to 

CBP, in advance, prior to arrival. This 

second mobile capability is under the 

current CBP OneTM application which is 

a platform application that serves as a 

single portal for travelers and 

stakeholders to virtually interact with 

CBP. The CBP OneTM application will 

also allow travelers to self-segment 

upon arrival at land borders in the 

United States. 

Similar to the MPC application, the 

CBP OneTM application eliminates the 

administrative tasks performed by the 

officer during a traditional inspection 

and in most cases will eliminate the 

need for respondents/travelers to fill out 

a paper declaration. In addition, the 

CBP OneTM application will also 

provide a more efficient and secure in 

person inspection between the CBP 

Officer and the traveler at the land 

border. 

Unique to the CBP OneTM application 

is that while the MPC submission is 

completed upon arrival, the CBP OneTM

application must be submitted in 

advance and will require the additional 

data elements: 

1. Traveler Identify the Port of Entry 

(POE). 

2. Time and/or date of arrival. 

In addition, like the MPC application, 

travelers will provide their answers to 

CBP’s questions, take a self-picture/ 

selfie and submit the information via 

the CBP OneTM application, after the 

plane lands. This will allow for advance 

vetting and proper resource 

management at the POE. This capability 

through the CBP OneTM application is 

available to all travelers arriving with 

authorized travel documents, including 

foreign nationals. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Customs Declarations (Form 6059B) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,206,850. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 5,206,850. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 348,859. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Verbal Declarations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

384,793,150. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 384,793,150. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

seconds. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,154,380. 

Type of Information Collection: MPC 

APP. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,500,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 4,500,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 148,500. 

Type of Information Collection: CBP 

One APP. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 500,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 16,500. 

Dated: January 25, 2024. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01854 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2024–0005; OMB No. 

1660–0017] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Public Assistance 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public to take this opportunity 

to comment on a revision of a currently 

approved information collection. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 

comments concerning a revision of an 

instrument for the Public Assistance 

(PA) program eligibility determinations, 

grants management, and compliance 

with Federal laws and regulations. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please 

submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2024–0005. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Hildebrand, Acting Chief Public 

Assistance Program Delivery Branch, 

Rachel.Hildebrand@fema.dhs.gov or 

202–646–3484. You may contact the 

Information Management Division for 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@

fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 


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