Notice2025-19258
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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October 2, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47754-47755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19258]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-25-0004]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``Traveler Risk Assessment and Management
Activities during Disease Outbreaks'' to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a
``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations'' notice on June 16, 2025 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive comments related to
the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days
for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection 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>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
Traveler Risk Assessment and Management Activities during Disease
Outbreaks--New--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious
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, the
Division of Global Migration Health (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 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
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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 No. 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 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 having been present in 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's 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 the 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 10,559 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response
respondent (in hours)
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Traveler............................. CDC Initial Screening-- 54,750 1 5/60
SAMPLE VHF.
Traveler............................. POE Public Health Risk 5,475 1 20/60
Assessment Form--SAMPLE VHF.
Traveler............................. SAMPLE VHF Symptom 548 21 1/60
Monitoring Daily Group
Symptomatic Travelers.
Traveler............................. SAMPLE VHF Symptom 548 21 5/60
Monitoring Daily Group--Web
Survey for Symptomatic
Travelers.
Traveler............................. Sample VHF Symptom 4,928 3 1/60
Monitoring Weekly Group
(Attachment E2).
Traveler............................. Sample VHF Symptom 4,928 3 5/60
Monitoring Weekly Group.
Traveler............................. SAMPLE VHF Response Survey 5,475 1 10/60
of Travelers.
State/Local Health Department........ CDC SAMPLE VHF Jurisdiction 70 104 5/60
Traveler Monitoring.
State/Local Health Department........ CDC SAMPLE VHF Jurisdiction 70 1 20/60
Final Survey.
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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. 2025-19258 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
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