[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04597]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket Number USCG-2025-0094]


Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Vessels Arriving to the 
United States From the Republic of Cuba

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it will impose conditions of 
entry on vessels arriving from the Republic of Cuba. Conditions of 
entry are intended to protect the United States from vessels arriving 
from foreign ports or places that have been found to have deficient 
anti-terrorism measures.

DATES: The policy announced in this notice is effective on April 2, 
2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Mr. Edward X. Munoz, Division Chief, International Port 
Security Assessments, United States Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-
2122, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    The authority for this notice is 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 46 U.S.C. 70110 
(``Maritime Transportation Security Act''), and Department of Homeland 
Security Delegation No. 00170.1(II) (97.f), Revision No. 01.4. As 
delegated, 46 U.S.C. 70110(a) authorizes the Coast Guard to impose 
conditions of entry on vessels arriving in U.S. waters from foreign 
ports that the Coast Guard has not found to maintain effective anti-
terrorism measures. Section 70108, as amended by section 5603 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Pub. L. 118-
31, Dec. 22, 2023), states that DHS shall deem any port under the 
jurisdiction of a foreign government that is a state sponsor of 
terrorism as not having effective anti-terrorism measures, and 
immediately apply the sanctions described in 46 U.S.C. 70110(a) to such 
a port.
    In accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70108, as amended, and the Department 
of State's designation of the Republic of Cuba as a State Sponsor of 
Terrorism, the Coast Guard finds that Cuba does not have effective 
anti-terrorism measures.
    With this notice, the current list of countries assessed and not 
maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures is as follows: Cambodia, 
Cameroon, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, 
Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Madagascar, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Nauru, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sudan, 
Syria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, and Yemen. The current Port Security 
Advisory is available at: http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/International-Domestic-Port-Assessment/.

    Dated: February 19, 2025.
Thomas G. Allan,
Vice Admiral, Deputy Commandant for Operations, Acting, U.S. Coast 
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2025-04597 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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