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(7) Any approval, financing, 

facilitation, or guarantee by a United 

States person, wherever located, of an 

ICTS Transaction by a foreign person 

where the ICTS Transaction by that 

foreign person would be prohibited by 

this order if performed by a United 

States person or within the United 

States, is prohibited. 

(8) No person may, whether directly 

or indirectly through any other person, 

make any false or misleading 

representation, statement, or 

certification, or falsify or conceal any 

material fact, to the Department: 

(i) In the course of an ICTS 

Transaction review, in order to secure a 

benefit or avoid a prohibition, including 

in proposing and agreeing to mitigation 

measures; or 

(ii) In connection with the 

preparation, submission, issuance, use, 

or maintenance of any report filed or 

required to be filed pursuant to this 

part. 

(9) Additional requirements: 

(i) For purposes of paragraph (a)(8), 

any representation, statement, or 

certification made by any person shall 

be deemed to be continuing in effect 

until the person notifies the Department 

in accordance with paragraph (a)(9)(ii). 

(ii) Any person who makes a 

representation, statement, or 

certification to the Department relating 

to any ICTS Transaction review shall 

notify the Department, in writing, of any 

change of any material fact or intention 

from that previously represented, stated, 

or certified, immediately upon receipt of 

any information that would lead a 

reasonably prudent person to know that 

a change of material fact or intention 

had occurred or may occur in the future. 

(b) Maximum penalties—(1) Civil 

penalty. A civil penalty not to exceed 

the amount set forth in Section 206 of 

IEEPA, 50 U.S.C. 1705, may be imposed 

on any person who violates, attempts to 

violate, conspires to violate, or causes 

any knowing violation of paragraph (a) 

of this section. IEEPA provides for a 

maximum civil penalty not to exceed 

the greater of $250,000 per violation, 

subject to inflationary adjustment, or an 

amount that is twice the amount of the 

transaction that is the basis of the 

violation with respect to which the 

penalty is imposed. 

(i) Notice of the penalty, including a 

written explanation of the penalized 

conduct specifying the laws and 

regulations allegedly violated and the 

amount of the proposed penalty, and 

notifying the recipient of a right to make 

a written petition within 30 days as to 

why a penalty should not be imposed, 

shall be served on the person. 

(ii) The Secretary shall review any 

presentation and issue a final 

administrative decision within 30 days 

of receipt of the petition. 

(2) Criminal penalty. A person who 

willfully commits, willfully attempts to 

commit, or willfully conspires to 

commit, or aids and abets in the 

commission of a violation of paragraph 

(a) of this section shall, upon conviction 

of a violation of IEEPA, be fined not 

more than $1,000,000, or if a natural 

person, may be imprisoned for not more 

than 20 years, or both. 

(3) Any civil penalties authorized in 

this section may be recovered in a civil 

action brought by the United States in 

U.S. district court. 

(c) Adjustments to penalty amounts. 

(1) The civil penalties provided in 

IEEPA are subject to adjustment 

pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. 

L. 101–410, as amended, 28 U.S.C. 2461 

note). 

(2) The criminal penalties provided in 

IEEPA are subject to adjustment 

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

(d) Available penalties. The penalties 

available under this section are without 

prejudice to other penalties, civil or 

criminal, available under law. Attention 

is directed to 18 U.S.C. 1001, which 

provides that whoever, in any matter 

within the jurisdiction of any 

department or agency in the United 

States, knowingly and willfully falsifies, 

conceals, or covers up by any trick, 

scheme, or device a material fact, or 

makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent 

statements or representations, or makes 

or uses any false writing or document 

knowing the same to contain any false, 

fictitious, or fraudulent statement or 

entry, shall be fined under title 18, 

United States Code, or imprisoned not 

more than 5 years, or both. 

Elizabeth L.D. Cannon, 

Executive Director, Office of Information and 

Communications Technology and Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28335 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–20–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Part 40 

RIN 3038–AF28 

Provisions Common to Registered 

Entities; Correction 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (Commission) is 

correcting a final rule that appeared in 

the Federal Register on November 7, 

2024. The document clarified, 

simplified and enhanced the utility of 

certain regulations for registered 

entities, market participants and the 

Commission that govern how registered 

entities submit self-certifications, and 

requests for approval, of their rules, rule 

amendments, and new products for 

trading and clearing, as well as the 

Commission’s review and processing of 

such submissions. 

DATES: Effective December 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Kaplan, Senior Special Counsel, 

rkaplan@cftc.gov, 202–418–6233, 

Steven Benton, Industry Economist, 

sbenton@cftc.gov, 202–418–5617, and 

Nancy Markowitz, Deputy Director, 

nmarkowitz@cftc.gov, 202–418–5453, 

Division of Market Oversight, and 

Eileen Chotiner, Senior Compliance 

Analyst, echotiner@cftc.gov, 202–418– 

5467, Division of Clearing and Risk, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1151 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 

2024–24388 appearing on page 88594 in 

the Federal Register of Thursday, 

November 7, 2024, the following 

corrections are made: 

§ 40.2 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 88623 in the second 

column, in § 40.2, before the first 

sentence in paragraph (a) introductory 

text, add the paragraph heading 

‘‘Submission requirements.’’. 

§ 40.5 [Corrected] 

■ 2. On page 88625 in the first column, 

in § 40.5, in amendment 9h, the 

instruction ‘‘Revising paragraph (d) 

introductory text and (d)(1);’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘Revising paragraph 

(d) introductory text and adding new 

paragraph (d)(1);’’ 

■ 3. On page 88625 in the second 

column, in § 40.5, in amendment 9m, 

the instruction ‘‘Redesignating 

paragraphs (f)(1) and (2) as paragraphs 

(e)(1) and (2) respectively; and’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘Redesignating 

paragraph (f) as paragraph (e) and 

revising newly redesignated paragraph 

(e); and’’ 

■ 4. On page 88625 in the second 

column, in § 40.5, remove amendment 

9n. 

■ 5. On page 88625 in the third column, 

in § 40.5, ‘‘(c) * * *’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘(c) Commission review.’’. 


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96898 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: December 3, 2024. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28742 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

19 CFR Chapter I 

Termination of Arrival Restrictions 

Applicable to Flights Carrying Persons 

Who Have Recently Traveled From or 

Were Otherwise Present Within 

Rwanda 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Announcement of termination 

of arrival restrictions. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

decision of the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to terminate arrival restrictions 

applicable to flights to the United States 

carrying persons who have recently 

traveled from, or were otherwise present 

within, Rwanda. These restrictions 

directed such flights to arrive at one of 

the U.S. airports where the U.S. 

government had focused public health 

resources to implement enhanced 

public health measures. 

DATES: The arrival restrictions 

applicable to flights to the United States 

carrying persons who have recently 

traveled from, or were otherwise present 

within, Rwanda are terminated for 

flights departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on December 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Watson, Office of Field 

Operations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection at 202–255–7018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 15, 2024, the Secretary of 

Homeland Security announced arrival 

restrictions applicable to flights to the 

United States carrying persons who 

have recently traveled from, or were 

otherwise present within, Rwanda due 

to an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease 

(MVD) in Rwanda. (89 FR 83620). These 

restrictions directed such flights to 

arrive at one of the U.S. airports where 

the U.S. government focused public 

health resources to implement enhanced 

public health measures. For purposes of 

that document, a person had recently 

traveled from Rwanda if that person had 

departed from, or was otherwise present 

within, Rwanda within 21 days of the 

date of the person’s entry or attempted 

entry into the United States. Also, for 

purposes of that document, crew and 

flights carrying only cargo (i.e., no 

passengers or non-crew) were excluded 

from those measures. 

The Secretary has decided to 

terminate the above arrival restrictions. 

The last unlinked case of MVD was 

isolated in Rwanda on October 24, 2024, 

and 42 days (two 21-day incubation 

periods) will have passed by the time 

the termination takes effect. 

Additionally, since October 30, 2024, 

there have been no new confirmed MVD 

cases reported in Rwanda, no new 

chains of transmission, and no new 

districts reporting local case 

transmissions. Therefore, arrival 

restrictions are no longer required for 

flights to the United States carrying 

persons who have recently traveled 

from, or were otherwise present within, 

Rwanda. 

Notice of Termination of Arrival 

Restrictions Applicable to All Flights 

Carrying Persons Who Have Recently 

Traveled From or Were Otherwise 

Present Within Rwanda 

Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 112(a), 19 U.S.C. 

1433(c), and 19 CFR 122.32, for flights 

departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on December 4, 2024, I 

hereby terminate the arrival restrictions 

applicable to flights to the United States 

carrying persons who have recently 

traveled from, or were otherwise present 

within, Rwanda announced in the 

Arrival Restrictions document 

published at 89 FR 83620 (Oct. 17, 

2024). 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28582 Filed 12–4–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Part 5 

[Docket No. FR–6464–F–02] 

RIN 2501–AE11 

Adoption of 2020 Core Based 

Statistical Area Standards 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule adopts the 2020 

Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) 

standards as determined by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s July 16, 2021, 

Federal Register notice for all HUD use 

of CBSAs. HUD uses CBSAs throughout 

its programs and is updating the 

standards to ensure accuracy of data and 

program administration. 

DATES: Effective January 6, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt 

Usowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Economic Affairs, Office of Policy 

Development and Research (PD&R), 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th St. SW, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

number 202–402–5899 (this is not a tollfree number) or via email to 

Kurt.G.Usowski@hud.gov. HUD 

welcomes and is prepared to receive 

calls from individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, as well as individuals 

with speech or communication 

disabilities. To learn more about how to 

make an accessible telephone call, 

please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ 

consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In its role as coordinator of the 

Federal statistical system, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

establishes and maintains the CBSA 

program. CBSAs are geographic areas 

containing a large population center, or 

urban area, and adjacent communities 

that have a high degree of integration 

with that population center measured 

by commuting ties. OMB maintains 

CBSAs solely for statistical purposes. 

Every decade, OMB reviews and 

updates the Standards for Delineating 

CBSAs (CBSA standards), which 

describe the data sources and methods 

OMB uses to determine which 

geographic areas are to be designated 

CBSAs, prior to their application to new 

decennial census data. OMB updated 

CBSA standards on July 16, 2021 (86 FR 

37770) prior to applying them to 2020 

Census data. 

The Metropolitan Areas Protection 

and Standardization Act of 2021, or the 

MAPS Act, (31 U.S.C. 6102, et seq.) 

prohibits agencies from automatically 

propagating OMB’s CBSA standards for 

non-statistical use by any domestic 

assistance program unless the agency 

determines that the propagation: (1) 

supports the purpose of the program; 

and (2) is in the public interest. (31 

U.S.C. 6309(a)(2)(A)). Propagation of the 

CBSA standards for non-statistical use 

by domestic assistance programs must 

be done through a notice and comment 

rulemaking. (31 U.S.C. 6309(a)(2)(B)). 


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