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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: Screening Requirements for 

Carriers. 

OMB Number: 1651–0122. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Current Actions: CBP proposes to 

extend the expiration date and revise 

this information collection to allow 

electronic submission. There is no 

change to the information collected. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Affected Public: Carriers. 

Abstract: Section 273(e) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1323(e)) (the Act) authorizes the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) to establish procedures which 

carriers must undertake for the proper 

screening of their non-immigrant 

passengers prior to embarkation at the 

port from which they are to depart for 

the United States, in order to become 

eligible for a reduction, refund, or 

waiver of a fine imposed under section 

273(a)(1) of the Act. (This authority was 

transferred from the Attorney General to 

the Secretary of Homeland Security 

pursuant to the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002.) To be eligible to obtain such 

a reduction, refund, or waiver of a fine, 

the carrier must provide evidence to 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) that it screened all passengers on 

the conveyance in accordance with the 

procedures listed in 8 CFR part 273. 

Some examples of the evidence the 

carrier may provide to CBP include: A 

description of the carrier’s document 

screening training program; the number 

of employees trained; information 

regarding the date and number of 

improperly documented nonimmigrants intercepted by the carrier at 

the port(s) of embarkation; and any 

other evidence to demonstrate the 

carrier’s efforts to properly screen 

passengers destined for the United 

States. 

Proposed Change 

Applicants may submit this 

information via electronic means, e.g., 

email. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Screening Requirements for Carriers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

41. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 41. 

Estimated Time per Response: 100 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,100. 

Dated: April 22, 2022. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08979 Filed 4–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0027] 

Record of Vessel Foreign Repair or 

Equipment Purchase (CBP Form 226) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; revision of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection 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 May 

27, 2022) 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 (Volume 87 FR 

Page 4262) on January 27, 2022, 

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 


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1 ‘‘Russia invades Ukraine on multiple fronts in 

‘brutal act of war’,’’ PBS, Feb. 24, 2022, available 

at: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russiainvades-ukraine-on-multiple-fronts-in-brutal-act-ofwar (last visited Apr. 20, 2022); Natalia Zinets and 

Aleksandar Vasovic, ‘‘Missiles rain down around 

Ukraine,’’ Reuters, Feb. 24, 2022, available at: 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putinorders-military-operations-ukraine-demands-kyivforces-surrender-2022-02-24/ (last visited Apr. 20, 

2022). 

2 ‘‘Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps—latest 

updates,’’ Financial Times, Apr. 20, 2022, available 

at: https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888- 

4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5 (last visited Apr. 20, 2022). 

3Ukraine: Humanitarian Impact Situation Report 

No. 1, United Nations Office for the Coordination 

of Humanitarian Affairs, Feb. 26, 2022, available at: 

https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ukrainehumanitarian-impact-situation-report-no-1-500-pm26-february-2022 (last visited Apr. 20, 2022). 

4Map: Where Ukraine refugees are heading, ABC 

News, Mar. 30, 2022, available at https://abcnews.

go.com/International/map-ukrainian-refugeesheading/story?id=83178031. 

5 FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration 

Announces New Humanitarian, Development, and 

Democracy Assistance to Ukraine and the 

Surrounding Region, White House Briefing Room, 

Mar. 24, 2022, available at https://www.whitehouse.

gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/24/ 

fact-sheet-the-biden-administration-announcesnew-humanitarian-development-and-democracyassistance-to-ukraine-and-the-surrounding-region/ 

(last visited Apr. 20, 2022). 

6See INA section 212(d)(5), 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5); 

8 CFR 212.5(f). 

for approval. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Title: Record of Vessel Foreign Repair 

or Equipment Purchase. 

OMB Number: 1651–0027. 

Form Number: CBP Form 226. 

Current Actions: Revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Abstract: 19 U.S.C. 1466(a) provides 

for a 50 percent ad valorem duty 

assessed on a vessel master or owner for 

any repairs, purchases, or expenses 

incurred in a foreign country by a 

commercial vessel registered in the 

United States. CBP Form 226, Record of 

Vessel Foreign Repair or Equipment 

Purchase, is used by the master or 

owner of a vessel to declare and file 

entry on equipment, repairs, parts, or 

materials purchased for the vessel in a 

foreign country. This information 

enables CBP to assess duties on these 

foreign repairs, parts, or materials. CBP 

Form 226 is provided for by 19 CFR 4.7 

and 4.14 and is accessible at: https://

www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form226-record-vessel-foreign-repair-orequipment-purchase. 

Proposed Change 

This form is anticipated to be 

submitted electronically as part of the 

maritime forms automation project 

through the Vessel Entrance and 

Clearance System (VECS), which will 

eliminate the need for any 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, but will automate the capture 

of data to reduce or eliminate 

redundancy with other data collected by 

CBP. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Record of Vessel Foreign Repair or 

Equipment Purchase. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

421. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 28. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 11,788. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 23,576. 

Dated: April 22, 2022. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08983 Filed 4–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Implementation of the Uniting for 

Ukraine Parole Process 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

implementation of a U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) parole 

process called Uniting for Ukraine. 

Pursuant to this process, DHS will offer 

certain Ukrainian citizens and their 

immediate family members who were 

recently displaced by Russia’s war of 

aggression in Ukraine, pass biometric 

and biographic vetting, have sufficient 

financial support in the United States, 

and meet other eligibility requirements, 

an opportunity to apply for and receive 

advance authorization to travel to the 

United States for the purpose of seeking 

a discretionary grant of parole for urgent 

humanitarian reasons or significant 

public benefit for up to two years. The 

process is intended to be a safe, legal, 

and orderly pathway to support 

vulnerable Ukrainian citizens and their 

immediate family members in Europe 

who have been displaced from their 

country as a result of Russia’s 

unprovoked invasion. 

DATES: DHS will make the Uniting for 

Ukraine parole process available on 

April 25, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Delgado, Office of Strategy, 

Policy, and Plans, Department of 

Homeland Security, 2707 Martin Luther 

King, Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20528–0445 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On February 24, 2022, Russia’s 

military launched an unprovoked fullscale invasion of the sovereign nation of 

Ukraine, marking the largest 

conventional military action in Europe 

since World War II 1 and causing the 

fastest growing refugee crisis in modern 

history. As of April 10, 2022, nearly 12 

million people have fled Russia’s 

invasion, including seven million 

displaced inside Ukraine.2 Russia’s 

forces have continued to engage in 

significant, sustained bombardment of 

major cities, indiscriminately targeting 

civilian populations and causing 

widespread terror.3 While most of those 

fleeing the violence remain in Europe,4

the United States has committed to 

welcoming up to 100,000 displaced 

Ukrainians and others fleeing Russian 

aggression.5 Among other legal 

pathways, the United States will 

consider, on a case-by-case basis, 

granting Ukrainians advance 

authorization to travel to the United 

States for the purpose of seeking a 

discretionary grant of parole for urgent 

humanitarian reasons or significant 

public benefit.6

The Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA) provides the Secretary of 

Homeland Security with discretionary 

authority to parole noncitizens into the 

United States temporarily, under such 

reasonable conditions that the Secretary 

may prescribe, on a case-by-case basis, 

for ‘‘urgent humanitarian reasons or 

significant public benefit.’’ INA sec. 

212(d)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A); see 

also 6 U.S.C. 202(4) (charging the 

Secretary with the responsibility for 

‘‘[e]stablishing and administering rules 

. . . governing . . . parole’’). Parole is 

not an admission of the individual to 

the United States, and a parolee remains 

an ‘‘applicant for admission’’ during the 

period of parole in the United States. 

INA sec. 212(d)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(5)(A). DHS may set the duration 

of the parole based on the purpose for 

granting the parole request, and may 

impose reasonable conditions on parole. 

INA sec. 212(d)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(5)(A). DHS may terminate 

parole in its discretion at any time. See 

8 CFR 212.5(e). Individuals who are 

paroled into the United States generally 

may apply for employment 

authorization. See 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(11). 


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