Rule2023-00793
Termination of Arrival Restrictions Applicable to Flights Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise Present Within Uganda
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Published
January 17, 2023
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
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, Uganda due to an outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda. These restrictions directed such flights to only land at one of the United States airports where the United States Government had focused public health resources to implement enhanced public health measures.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2517-2518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00793]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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 Uganda
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Announcement of termination of arrival restrictions.
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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, Uganda due to an
outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda. These restrictions directed such
flights to only land at one of the United States airports where the
United States 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, Uganda are terminated as of 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time on January 11, 2023.
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 12, 2022, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced
arrival restrictions applicable to flights carrying persons who have
recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, Uganda,
consistent with 6 U.S.C. 112(a), 19 U.S.C. 1433(c), and 19 CFR 122.32,
in a Federal Register document titled ``Arrival Restrictions Applicable
to Flights Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were
Otherwise Present Within Uganda'' (87 FR 61488). For purposes of the
October 2022 arrival restrictions, a person recently traveled from
Uganda if that person departed from, or was otherwise present within,
Uganda within 21 days of the date of the person's entry or attempted
entry into the United States.
For the reasons set forth below, the Secretary has decided to
terminate the arrival restrictions applicable to flights
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carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise
present within, Uganda. These restrictions funnel relevant arriving air
passengers to one of five designated airports of entry where the U.S.
is implementing enhanced public health measures. Since November 27,
2022, there have been no new confirmed Ebola disease cases reported in
Uganda and two 21-day incubation periods have passed. With no new
hospitalized patients with Ebola disease, and no contacts of confirmed
Ebola disease cases still requiring monitoring, the potential risk for
Ebolavirus exposure in Uganda has greatly diminished. Therefore, flight
arrival restrictions are no longer required for flights to the United
States carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were
otherwise present within, Uganda.
Notice of Termination of Arrival Restrictions Applicable to All Flights
Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise
Present Within Uganda
Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 112(a), 19 U.S.C. 1433(c), and 19 CFR 122.32,
and effective as of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 11,
2023, for all affected flights arriving at a United States airport, 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, Uganda announced in the Arrival Restrictions
document published at 87 FR 61488 (October 12, 2022).
Alejandro Mayorkas,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-00793 Filed 1-11-23; 4:45 pm]
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