Notice2025-16546
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Importation Bond
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Published
August 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42021-42022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16546]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[OMB Control Number 1651-0050]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Importation
Bond
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) 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
September 29, 2025) 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Please submit
written comments and/or suggestions in English. 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8ebeaf8f7f8fae9e8cbcad886ccc0db86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d3e3f2d222d2f3c3d1e1f0d5319150e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/">https://www.cbp.gov/</a> 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
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collection was previously published in the Federal Register (89 FR
104556) on December 23, 2024, 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 for approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Overview of This Information Collection
Title: Importation Bond.
OMB Number: 1651-0050.
Form Number: 301 & 5297.
Current Actions: Revision.
Type of Review: Revision.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: In accordance with the eBond test notices, beginning in
2015, CBP allows sureties or their authorized filer who have been
approved as eBond test participants to submit certain bonds to CBP via
an electronic system in ACE (eBond). The electronic transmission of the
bond includes a sub-set of information required on the CBP Form 301.
CBP is proposing a rulemaking that would only allow sureties or
their authorized filer to submit bonds to CBP and they would be
required to use an electronic data interchange, except in certain
prescribed instances.\1\ CBP is proposing that all bonds, riders,
terminations, and changes to power of attorney must be transmitted
electronically to CBP via eBond by sureties or their authorized
filer.\2\ Ebond is an electronic system for filing customs bonds and is
part of CBP's ACE.
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\1\ Exemptions allowing for or requiring the use of emailed
bonds are listed in the forthcoming proposed 19 CFR 113.11(c).
\2\ Ebond is an electronic system for filing customs bonds and
is part of CBP's ACE.
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Type of Information Collection: 5297 Power of Attorney.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 500.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 125.
Type of Information Collection: 301 Customs Bond.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 609,392.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 609,392.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 152,348.
Dated: August 26, 2025.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2025-16546 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]
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