Border Patrol for Bugs: CDC Seeks Input on Traveler Health Data
Published Date: 1/13/2026
Notice
Summary
The CDC wants your thoughts on a new plan to collect info about people who travel across land borders and might have contagious diseases. This helps them act fast to protect public health. If you have ideas, send them by March 16, 2026—no money changes, just smarter data gathering to keep us safe!
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Land travel contact info collection
CDC proposes to collect conveyance, passenger, and crew contact information (manifests) and traveler investigation/locator forms when a person with a confirmed or suspected communicable disease traveled via land conveyance across an international or state border while infectious or potentially infectious. CDC estimates a total of 83 annualized burden hours across travelers, land conveyance operators, and public health staff, reports there is no cost to respondents besides their time, and requests public comments by March 16, 2026 (OMB Control No. 0920-0134; OMB expiration 2026-03-31).
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