Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine

What it does

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues this interim final rule with request for comments to amend its Foreign Quarantine Regulations. This interim final rule provides a procedure for the Secretary acting through the CDC Director or other delegate to suspend the introduction of persons from designated countries or places, if required, in the interest of public health.

The Health and Human Services Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

42 CFR 71

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Health and Human Services Department has published 11 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 13 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0920-AA88 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective date: This interim final rule is effective on May 22, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Reginfo.gov lists a rule with this regulation identifier as under review at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs since Nov. 3, 2026 (stage: Notice). See it

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket CDC-2026-0991 on Regulations.gov
• Title 42 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register