Flights to and From Cuba

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 2016-06371
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: March 21, 2016
• Effective: March 21, 2016
• Comments close: April 20, 2016
• Agency: Homeland Security Department; U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Official abstract

Current U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations contain a separate subpart O addressing flights to and from Cuba. The provisions in that subpart are either obsolete due to intervening regulatory changes or are duplicative of regulations applicable to all other similarly situated international flights. This rule therefore amends the regulations by removing subpart O. These amendments are consistent with the President's policy promoting the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba.

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