19 C.F.R. § 122.75a Electronic manifest requirement for passengers onboard commercial aircraft departing from the United States.
Title 19 - Customs Duties
(a) Definitions. The definitions set forth in §122.49a(a) also apply for purposes of this section. (b) Electronic departure manifest—(1) General requirement. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, an appropriate official of each commercial aircraft departing from the United States to any port or place outside the United States must transmit to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) an electronic passenger departure manifest covering any passengers onboard. The manifest must be transmitted to CPB at the place and time specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section by means of an electronic data interchange system approved by CBP and must set forth the information specified in paragraph (b)(3) of this section. (2) Place and time for submission. The appropriate official specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section must transmit the electronic passenger departure manifest required under paragraph (b)(1) of this section to the CBP Data Center, CBP Headquarters, no later than 15 minutes prior to departure of the aircraft from the United States, except that for an air ambulance in service of a medical emergency, the manifest must be transmitted to CBP no later than 30 minutes after departure. (3) Information required. The electronic passenger departure manifest required under paragraph (b)(1) of this section must contain the following information for all passengers, except that the information specified in paragraphs (b)(3)(iv), (ix), and (xi) of this section must be included on the manifest only on or after October 4, 2005: (i) Full name (last, first, and, if available, middle); (ii) Date of birth; (iii) Gender (F = female; M = male); (iv) Citizenship; (v) Status on board the aircraft; (vi) Travel document type (e.g., P = passport; A = alien registration card); (vii) Passport number, if a passport is required; (viii) Passport country of issuance, if a passport is required; (ix) Passport expiration date, if a passport is required; (x) Alien registration number, where applicable; (xi) Passenger Name Record locator, if available; (xii) International Air Transport Association (IATA) departure port code; (xiii) IATA code of port/place of final arrival (foreign port code); (xiv) Airline carrier code; (xv) Flight number; and (xvi) Date of aircraft departure. (c) Exception. The electronic passenger departure manifest specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section is not required for active duty military personnel traveling as passengers on board a departing Department of Defense commercial chartered aircraft. (d) Carrier responsibility for comparing information collected with travel document. The carrier collecting the information described in paragraph (b)(3) of this section is responsible for comparing the travel document presented by the passenger with the travel document information it is transmitting to CBP in accordance with this section in order to ensure that the information is correct, the document appears to be valid for travel purposes, and the passenger is the person to whom the travel document was issued. (e) Sharing of manifest information. Information contained in the passenger manifest required under this section that is received by CBP electronically may, upon request, be shared with other Federal agencies for the purpose of protecting national security. CBP may also share such information as otherwise authorized by law. [CBP Dec. 05–12, 70 FR 17855, Apr. 7, 2005]
Title 19: Customs Duties
PART 122—AIR COMMERCE REGULATIONS
Subpart H—Documents Required for Clearance and Permission To Depart; Electronic Manifest Requirements for Passengers, Crew Members, and Non-Crew Members Onboard Commercial Aircraft Departing From the United States
§ 122.75a Electronic manifest requirement for passengers onboard commercial aircraft departing from the United States.
