The U.S. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Program

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

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• Document number: 2016-28177
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: November 23, 2016
• Effective: December 23, 2016
• Agency: Homeland Security Department; U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Official abstract

This rule adopts as final, with two changes, interim amendments to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) regulations published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2014 establishing the U.S. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card Program. The U.S. APEC Business Travel Card Program provides qualified U.S. business travelers engaged in business in the APEC region, or U.S. Government officials actively engaged in APEC business, the ability to access fast-track immigration lanes at participating airports in foreign APEC economies.

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