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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 103', '§103', '§103', '§103', '§103', '§103', 'art 5', 'art 5', 'art 5']

Title 19 → Chapter I → Part 103
§103.0 Scope.
Subpart A—Production of Documents/Disclosure of Information Under the FOIA
§103.1 Public reading room.
§103.2 Department of Homeland Security Freedom of Information Act procedures.
§103.3 Department of Homeland Security Privacy Act procedures.
§§103.4-103.13 [Reserved]
Source: T.D. 81-168, 46 FR 32565, June 24, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
This part governs the production/disclosure of agency-maintained documents/information requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as amended (5 U.S.C. 552), the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), and/or under other statutory or regulatory provisions and/or as requested through administrative and/or legal processes. In this respect, this part contains regulations on production or disclosure in federal, state, local, and foreign proceedings and includes specific information pertaining to the procedures to be followed when producing or disclosing documents or information under various circumstances. In addition, this part contains regulations on other information subject to restricted access. As information obtained by CBP is derived from myriad sources, persons seeking information should consult with the appropriate field officer before invoking the formal procedures set forth in this part. The regulations in this part supplement the regulations of the Department of Homeland Security regarding public access to records found at 6 CFR part 5. For purposes of this part, the CBP Office of the Chief Counsel is considered to be a part of CBP.
[CBP Dec. 15-16, 80 FR 71692, Nov. 17, 2015, as amended by CBP Dec. 20-09, 85 FR 31057, May 22, 2020]
CBP maintains a virtual public reading room at http://foiarr.cbp.gov/ where the material required to be made available under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and this part may be inspected and copied.
[CBP Dec. 15-16, 80 FR 71692, Nov. 17, 2015]
Inorder to process requests for documents/information and appeals under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as amended (5 U.S.C. 552), CBP applies the Department of Homeland Security FOIA regulations in 6 CFR part 5, subpart A.
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Act regulations. In order to process access requests for documents/information and appeals under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), CBP applies the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Act regulations in 6 CFR part 5, subpart B.
(3) All the information appearing on the cargo declaration (CBP Form 1302) of the inward vessel manifest may be copied and published. However, if the Secretary of the Treasury makes an affirmative finding on a shipment-by-shipment basis that the disclosure of the information contained on the cargo declaration is likely to pose a threat of personal injury or property damage, that information shall not be disclosed to the press.
(b) Review of data. All copies and notations from inward or outward manifests shall be submitted for examination by a CBP officer designated for that purpose.
(c) Disclosure to the public. Members of the public shall not be permitted to examine vessel manifests. However, they may request and obtain from CBP, information from vessel manifests, subject to the rules set forth in paragraph (a) of this section. However, importers and exporters, or their duly authorized brokers, attorneys, or agents may be permitted to examine manifests with respect to any consignment of goods in which they have a proper and legal interest as principal or agent, but shall not be permitted to make any general examination of manifests or make any copies or notations from them except with reference to the particular importation or exportation in which they have a proper and legal interest.
(iii) The certification must be submitted to the Vessel Manifest Program Manager, Office of Trade (Mail Stop 1354), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1801 N Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311; or submitted electronically via an email transmission at [email protected] or via the Vessel Manifest Confidentiality Online Application on CBP's public website, www.CBP.gov.
(iv) Each initial certification will be valid for a period of two years from the date of receipt. Renewal certifications should be submitted to the Vessel Manifest Program Manager at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the current certification. Information so certified may be copied, but not published, by the press during the effective period of the certification. An importer or consignee shall be given written notification by CBP of the receipt of its certification of confidentiality.
(iii) The certification must be submitted to the Vessel Manifest Program Manager, Office of Trade (Mail Stop 1354), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1801 N Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311; or submitted electronically via an email transmission at [email protected] or via the Vessel Manifest Confidentiality Online Application on the CBP's public website, www.CBP.gov.