[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40377-40378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15754]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket Number USCG-2025-0192]


Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Vessels Arriving to the 
United States From the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North 
Korea)

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 Democratic People's Republic of 
Korea (North Korea). 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 antiterrorism measures.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
please contact Mr. Edward Munoz, Division Chief of International Port 
Security Program, USCG, at email [email protected] or call 
202-372-2122.

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)

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(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 antiterrorism 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 antiterrorism 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea as 
a State Sponsor of Terrorism, the Coast Guard finds that Democratic 
People's Republic of Korea does not have effective antiterrorism 
measures.
    With this notice, the current list of countries assessed and not 
maintaining effective antiterrorism measures is as follows: Cambodia, 
Cameroon, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North 
Korea), Equatorial Guinea, Gambia (The), Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, 
Libya, Madagascar, Micronesia (Federated States of), 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: August 12, 2025.
Douglas M. Schofield,
Rear Admiral, Deputy Commandant for Operations, Acting, U.S. Coast 
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2025-15754 Filed 8-18-25; 8:45 am]
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