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4For more information on the electronic 

prepayment of the I–94 fee for land border POEs 

online see 81 FR 91646, 91648. For more 

information on the CBP OneTM mobile application 

see https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-appsdirectory/cbpone. 

to, the creation of an electronic record 

of admission or arrival/departure by 

DHS following an inspection performed 

by an immigration officer. 8 CFR 1.4(c). 

Together, these regulations authorize 

CBP to issue Form I–94 in either a paper 

or electronic format to any 

nonimmigrant eligible to receive a Form 

I–94. 

III. Streamlining I–94 Issuance at the 

Land Border 

To increase efficiency, reduce 

operating costs, and streamline the 

admissions process, CBP is now issuing 

Form I–94s electronically and 

nonimmigrants no longer receive a 

paper I–94 receipt. Nonimmigrants can 

access their Form I–94s online through 

a website or via a mobile application. 

CBP will no longer provide a paper 

version of Form I–94 in the majority of 

circumstances. CBP continues to issue a 

Form I–94 at land POEs only upon 

payment of a fee. 

A. The Electronic Form I–94 

As of May 26, 2021, CBP officers no 

longer issue most eligible 

nonimmigrants a paper version of the I– 

94 at the time of admission or parole. 

Rather, CBP issues an electronic Form I– 

94, which the nonimmigrant can access 

on a CBP website, https://

i94.cbp.dhs.gov, or via the CBP OneTM

mobile application. However, CBP may 

issue a paper Form I–94 in limited 

circumstances and may provide a paper 

Form I–94 upon request from a 

nonimmigrant if feasible. 

The printout from the website or 

mobile application is the functional 

equivalent of the departure portion of 

the paper Form I–94 and includes the 

terms and duration of admission or 

parole. Nonimmigrants may print out a 

copy of the Form I–94 from the website 

or mobile application and present it to 

third parties to establish, where 

applicable, eligibility for benefits, 

enrollment at a university, or eligibility 

for employment. 

The streamlining of Form I–94 for 

nonimmigrants arriving by land by 

providing an electronic Form I–94 saves 

time and money for both the traveling 

public and CBP. The electronic process 

eliminates some of the paper Form I–94 

processing performed by CBP and will 

reduce wait times at passenger 

processing, which will also facilitate 

inspection of all nonimmigrants. The 

electronic Form I–94 will save the time 

and expenses associated with lost Form 

I–94s, as nonimmigrants will simply be 

able to print out new copies from the 

website or mobile application as 

necessary, as opposed to filing a Form 

I–102 and paying a fee, as previously 

required. This will result in cost savings 

for nonimmigrants, carriers, and CBP. 

B. Form I–94 Fee 

For land border admissions, CBP 

issues a Form I–94 only upon payment 

of a fee. See 8 CFR 235.1(h). 

Nonimmigrants intending to enter the 

United States at land POEs have the 

option either to pay the required fee at 

the border during processing or pay the 

required fee online or via the CBP 

OneTM mobile application up to seven 

days in advance of arrival.4 At this time, 

CBP is not changing the procedures 

regarding the payment of the Form I–94 

fee. Accordingly, nonimmigrants 

arriving by land will continue to have 

the option to either pay the required fee 

at the POE or pay online or via the 

mobile application prior to arrival. 

CBP strongly encourages 

nonimmigrants to apply and pay for I– 

94s via the website or mobile 

application. 

IV. Privacy 

CBP will ensure that all Privacy Act 

requirements and applicable policies are 

adhered to during the streamlining of 

Form I–94 at land border POEs. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires that 

CBP consider the impact of paperwork 

and other information collection 

burdens imposed on the public. The 

Form I–94 is covered by OMB control 

number 1651–0111. There is no change 

to the information collection associated 

with this notice. 

VI. Signing Authority 

Commissioner Chris Magnus, having 

reviewed and approved this document, 

is delegating the authority to 

electronically sign this document to 

Robert F. Altneu, who is the Director of 

the Regulations and Disclosure Law 

Division for CBP, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Dated: March 14, 2022. 

Robert F. Altneu, 

Director, Regulations & Disclosure Law 

Division, Regulations & Rulings, Office of 

Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2022–0001] 

Notice of Public Hearing on the Use of 

Forced Labor in the People’s Republic 

of China and Measures To Prevent the 

Importation of Goods Produced, 

Mined, or Manufactured, Wholly or in 

Part, With Forced Labor in the People’s 

Republic of China Into the United 

States 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Forced Labor 

Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) will 

hold a public hearing, as required by the 

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, on 

the use of forced labor in the People’s 

Republic of China and potential 

measures to prevent the importation of 

goods mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part with 

forced labor in the People’s Republic of 

China into the United States. This 

hearing will be held remotely via web 

conference. 

DATES: The Forced Labor Enforcement 

Task Force (FLETF) will hold the 

hearing on Friday, April 8, 2022, 

starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 1:30 

p.m. EDT. Members of the public 

interested in providing public testimony 

must register by Wednesday, March 30, 

2022, 11:59 p.m. EDT; instructions on 

how to register are included in 

ADDRESSES. Please note that the hearing 

may close early, or run over time, 

depending on the number of registered 

speakers. Allocation of time within the 

event may shift based on participation 

and registration per topic area, as listed 

in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held 

remotely via web conference. Members 

of the public interested in providing 

public testimony at the hearing must 

register at the following link, https://

forms.office.com/g/fC8AeiDEbQ, by 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 11:59 p.m. 

EDT. You must indicate in the 

registration form that you want to speak 

by selecting ‘‘provide public testimony’’ 

in question 6 (explaining how you are 

‘‘requesting to’’ participate). You must 

register for the public hearing with the 

same email address that you plan to use 

to login to attend the public hearing. 

When registering, identify the topic area 

on which you would like to speak. More 

information regarding the list of topics 

is included in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

Members of the public interested in 

attending in listen-only mode can 


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1See Public Law 117–78, section 2(b). 

2Section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4681) 

established the FLETF to monitor U. S. enforcement 

of the prohibition under Section 307 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

3See, Notice seeking Public Comments on 

Methods to Prevent the Importation of Goods 

Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced 

labor in the People’s Republic of China, Especially 

in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Into 

the United States, 87 FR 3567 (Jan. 24, 2022). 

4Written testimony will only be accepted from 

speakers providing oral testimony. 

5Pursuant to DHS Delegation Order No.23034, 

the DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and 

Plans serves as the Chair of the FLETF. 

6See Public Law 117–78, section 2(c). 

register at the same link, https://

forms.office.com/g/fC8AeiDEbQ, by 

selecting ‘‘attend (listen only)’’ in 

question 6 (explaining how you are 

‘‘requesting to’’ participate). You must 

register for the public hearing by 11:59 

p.m. EDT on April 6, 2022 to ensure you 

will receive the conference link. The 

conference link will be provided to all 

registrants by 8:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, 

April 8, 2022. 

Reasonable accommodations are 

available for people with disabilities. To 

request a reasonable accommodation, 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

below as soon as possible. DHS is 

considering providing interpretation 

services for those interested in 

providing public testimony in the 

following languages: Spanish, 

Mandarin, and Uyghur. It is requested 

that you advise the FLETF accordingly 

when registering to participate, at the 

same registration link, https://

forms.office.com/g/fC8AeiDEbQ. 

Written comments related to this 

public hearing were submitted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

https://www.regulations.gov/ and 

posted. For access to the docket and to 

read comments received by the FLETF, 

go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and 

search for Docket ID DHS–2022–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Echeverria, Acting Director of 

Trade Policy, Trade and Economic 

Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and 

Plans, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) at 202–938–6365 or 

FLETF.PUBLIC.COMMENTS@

hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Uyghur Forced 

Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA),1 this 

notice announces that DHS, on behalf of 

the FLETF,2 will hold a public hearing 

that will allow for public testimony on 

the use of forced labor in the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC) and potential 

measures to prevent the importation of 

goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 

mined, produced, or manufactured 

wholly or in part with forced labor in 

the PRC into the United States. The 

hearing will consider measures that can 

be taken to trace the origin of goods, 

offer greater supply chain transparency, 

and identify third country supply chain 

routes for goods mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part with 

forced labor in the PRC, as well as other 

measures for ensuring that such goods 

do not enter the United States. 

The FLETF invites the public to speak 

during the hearing, and recommends 

that interested parties review the Notice 

that requested comments on the 

measures described by the UFLPA.3

Members of the public who are 

interested in speaking during this 

hearing should register in accordance 

with the directions in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. If you register to 

provide public testimony, you will be 

called upon using the name you provide 

during registration to offer public 

testimony. If you wish to highlight your 

affiliation with an association, 

organization, or corporation, you must 

provide this information during your 

remarks. We also request that each 

speaker limit their comments to three 

minutes. The hearing will be broken 

into sections based on topics in the 

order below. If DHS provides 

interpretation services for public 

testimony based on public request, 

public testimony requiring 

interpretation services will occur after 

the remarks to open the hearing. Each 

speaker will be called on during the 

section related to the topic that speaker 

identified during registration. The order 

of topics is as follows: 

• Forced Labor Schemes in Xinjiang 

and the PRC; 

• Risks of Importing Goods Made 

Wholly or in Part with Forced Labor; 

• Measures That Can Be Taken to 

Trace the Origin of Goods and to Offer 

Greater Supply Chain Transparency; 

• Measures That Can Be Taken to 

Identify Third Country Supply Chain 

Routes; 

• Factors To Consider in Developing 

and Maintaining the Required Entities 

List; 

• High Priority Sectors, Including 

Cotton, Tomato, and/or Polysilicon 

Supply Chains, for Enforcement; 

• Needed Importer Guidance; 

• Opportunities for Coordination and 

Collaboration; and, 

• Other General Comments Related to 

the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act 

and Comments Covering Multiple 

Topics. 

Speakers may submit supplemental 

written testimony.4 Written testimony 

should be submitted to the email 

provided in ADDRESSES

(FLETF.PUBLIC.COMMENTS@

hq.dhs.gov). Please use the email used 

to register for the public hearing to 

submit supplemental written testimony 

in .doc, .docx or .pdf form by April 8, 

2022 at 9 a.m. The public hearing 

transcript and all written testimony, 

submitted according to the above 

guidelines, will be posted in Docket No. 

DHS–2022–0001 after the public 

hearing. Confidential information 

should not be provided through the 

public hearing process, in either written 

or oral testimony. The FLETF cannot 

accept any written testimony that is 

hand-delivered, couriered, or mailed at 

this time. This hearing along with all 

comments will be recorded and 

transcribed. 

Senior officials of the interagency 

members represented in the FLETF, 

including the FLETF Chair (DHS 

Undersecretary for Strategy, Policy, and 

Plans),5 will make remarks to open the 

hearing, and will continue to observe 

the hearing unless called away for 

official responsibilities. Staff from each 

of the FLETF interagency members will 

be present throughout the entirety of the 

hearing to take note of the public 

testimony. As mentioned above, this 

public hearing will be recorded and 

transcribed. 

On January 24, 2022, DHS, on behalf 

of the FLETF, published a notice 

document (Notice) requesting public 

comments on how best to ensure that 

goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 

mined, produced, or manufactured 

wholly or in part with forced labor in 

the PRC are not imported into the 

United States. See 87 FR 3567. DHS and 

the FLETF recommend that members of 

the public that will attend the hearing 

review the Notice in advance. 

The FLETF will use the comments 

received from the Notice and 

information gathered from this public 

hearing to inform the development of 

the strategy required by the UFLPA.6

The FLETF will consider all comments 

and information received during this 

public hearing. 

Robert Silvers, 

Under Secretary, Office of Strategy, Policy, 

and Plans. 

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