Notice2025-10900
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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June 16, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Traveler Risk Assessment and Management Activities during Disease Outbreaks. The purpose of this Generic information collection request (ICR) is to aid in CDC's responsibility to ensure the successful implementation of traveler management in an efficient and timely manner during disease outbreaks.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25302-25304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10900]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-25-0004; Docket No. CDC-2025-0007]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Traveler Risk Assessment and Management Activities during
Disease Outbreaks. The purpose of this Generic information collection
request (ICR) is to aid in CDC's responsibility to ensure the
successful implementation of traveler management in an efficient and
timely manner during disease outbreaks.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0007 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) or by U.S. mail to the address listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d72707f5d7e797e337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1dedcd3f1d2d5d29fd6dec7">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate 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. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. 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
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Traveler Risk Assessment and Management Activities during Disease
Outbreaks--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
(NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC intends use this Generic information collection request (ICR)
in the event of a disease outbreak overseas that would necessitate the
public health assessment and/or monitoring of travelers arriving in the
U.S. Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make and
enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries
into and within the United States. Under its delegated authority, DGMH
works to fulfill this responsibility through a variety of activities
(including the operation of port health stations) at U.S. ports of
entry and administration of foreign quarantine regulations; 42 Code of
Federal Regulation part 71, specifically 42 CFR 71.20 Public health
prevention measures to detect communicable disease.
Additionally, on February 21, 2020, CDC issued an interim final
rule (IFR) to amend its Foreign Quarantine regulations, to enable CDC
to require airlines to collect, and provide to CDC, certain data
regarding passengers and crew arriving from foreign countries for the
purposes of health education, treatment, prophylaxis, or other
appropriate public health interventions, including travel restrictions.
CDC's authority for collecting such data is contained in 42 CFR 71.4.
Under this IFR, airlines must transmit these data to CDC within 24
hours of an order. The order Requirement for Airlines and Operators to
Collect and Transmit Designated Information for Passengers and Crew
Arriving Into the United States; Requirement for Passengers to Provide
Designated
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Information requiring the collection of this information was issued on
October 25, 2021 and went into effect on November 8, 2021. Under this
Order, airlines may transmit the required information using existing
data-sharing infrastructure in place between the airlines and the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or they must retain the
information for 30 days and transmit it to CDC within 24 hours upon
request. This information collection for contact information is already
approved under OMB Control 0920-1354.
During a disease outbreak, CDC relies on its federal partners in
the DHS to assist in the risk assessment and entry screening process
because of their presence at the ports of entry. As needed, DHS will
refer travelers into the public health entry screening and risk
assessment process. The public health entry screening typically
consists of an initial health and exposure questionnaire to determine
if a more in-depth public health risk assessment of a traveler is
necessary. CDC develops the tools and training to facilitate this
public health entry screening and works to ensure that any individual
who is identified by DHS as being from the outbreak area is screened
and further evaluated if compatible symptoms or potential exposures are
identified. For those who are symptomatic or potentially exposed,
additional public health measures may involve transport to a healthcare
facility for medical evaluation if a traveler is identified as being
ill; quarantine for those with high-risk exposures but with no evidence
of illness or infection; and/or communication with CDC or health
departments to facilitate timely detection and management if
potentially exposed travelers develop symptoms after arrival.
This information collection concerns CDC's statutory and regulatory
authority related to conducting public health screening of travelers
upon arrival to the United States and assessing individual travelers
for public health risk following a report of illness from a conveyance
or other notification at a U.S. port of entry. As part of this
responsibility, DGMH has implemented traveler management activities
that collect contact information and share the information with state
and local governments so that the travelers can be monitored for signs
or symptoms of disease, and isolated and medically examined if needed.
CDC anticipates the future need for these activities to prevent the
transmission or spread of communicable diseases into the United States.
Disease outbreaks do not occur at regular intervals, which makes it
difficult to estimate how often information collection will be
necessary. The purpose of this Generic ICR is to aid in CDC's
responsibility to ensure the successful implementation of traveler
management in an efficient and timely manner. DGMH intends use this
Generic ICR in the event of a disease outbreak that would necessitate
the public health assessment and/or monitoring of travelers arriving in
the U.S. Although it is possible to anticipate some broad categories of
information that would need to be collected, (e.g., potential
exposures, symptoms, contact information, etc.), each response is
unique and requires flexibility in terms of the specific information
collection tool in each instance. Data collection instruments and
methods must be rapidly created and implemented to direct appropriate
public health action. Often specific questions will change, or new
questions will evolve with each disease outbreak.
DGMH anticipates that this Generic ICR would encompass data
collection related to:
<bullet> Entry screening of travelers and (if indicated) public
health risk assessment conducted either in person or virtually;
<bullet> Post-arrival management of travelers as specified in CDC
recommendations for travelers arriving from outbreak areas;
<bullet> Health department of jurisdiction follow up of indicated
travelers;
<bullet> Surveys of travelers to determine most efficient channels
for reaching travelers and refine public health messaging for travelers
coming from the outbreak area;
<bullet> Evaluation of entry screening, post-arrival management,
and health department follow-up;
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 10,588 annual burden
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Traveler...................... CDC Initial 54,750 1 5/60 4,563
Screening.
Traveler...................... POE Public 5,475 1 20/60 1,825
Health Risk
Assessment Form.
Traveler...................... Symptom 548 21 1/60 192
Monitoring
Daily Group
Symptomatic
Travelers.
Traveler...................... Symptom 548 21 5/60 958
Monitoring
Daily Group--
Web Survey for
Symptomatic
Travelers.
Traveler...................... Symptom 4,928 3 1/60 246
Monitoring
Weekly Group.
Traveler...................... Symptom 4,928 3 5/60 1,232
Monitoring
Weekly Group.
Traveler...................... Response Survey 5,475 1 10/60 913
of Travelers.
State/Local Health Department. Jurisdiction 70 104 5/60 607
Traveler
Monitoring.
State/Local Health Department. Jurisdiction 70 1 20/60 23
Final Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 10,558
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-10900 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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