# 2025-15595: Cruise Ships' Poop Patrol Fees Frozen: CDC Keeps It Clean for 2026

2025-15595, Fees for Cruise Ship Operational Sanitation, Construction, and Renovation Inspections, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published 2025-08-15, effective The vessel sanitation inspection fees instituted in fiscal year (FY) 2025 will continue in FY 2026 and remain in place until further notice or a modification is published.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15595
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15595
- Title: Fees for Cruise Ship Operational Sanitation, Construction, and Renovation Inspections
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Citation: 90 FR 39393
- Published: 2025-08-15
- Effective: The vessel sanitation inspection fees instituted in fiscal year (FY) 2025 will continue in FY 2026 and remain in place until further notice or a modification is published.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Cruise Ships' Poop Patrol Fees Frozen: CDC Keeps It Clean for 2026

## Summary

If you run a cruise ship with 13 or more passengers traveling abroad, get ready to keep up with sanitation inspections! The CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program will keep charging the same inspection fees in 2026 as they did in 2025, with no changes until further notice. These surprise checks happen twice a year to keep everyone safe and healthy on board.

## Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the vessel sanitation inspection fees instituted in fiscal year (FY) 2025 will continue in FY 2026 and remain in place until further notice or a modification is published. These inspections are conducted by HHS/CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). VSP helps the cruise line industry fulfill its responsibility for developing and implementing comprehensive sanitation programs to minimize the risk for environmentally associated illnesses and hazards. Every vessel that has a foreign itinerary and carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly unannounced operations inspections and, when necessary, reinspection.

## Effects PRIA read

- 2025 Inspection Fees Continue in FY2026: cost, low. If you operate a cruise ship with a foreign itinerary that carries 13 or more passengers, the CDC will continue charging the same vessel sanitation inspection fees in fiscal year (FY) 2026 as it did in FY 2025. Those fees will remain in place until the CDC publishes a modification or further notice.
- Twice-Yearly Unannounced Sanitation Inspections: mixed, medium. Every vessel with a foreign itinerary that carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly unannounced operations inspections by the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program, and reinspections when necessary. These inspections are intended to minimize the risk of environment-associated illnesses an…

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## Sources
- [2025-15595 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/15/2025-15595/fees-for-cruise-ship-operational-sanitation-construction-and-renovation-inspections)
- [2025-15595 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/pdf/2025-15595.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15595 (as of 2026-06-08).