Ethvert luftfartsselskab, der transporterer passagerer med fly mellem Amerikas Forenede Stater og udlandet, skal i henhold til loven (title 49, United States Code, section 44909(c)(3)) og (overgangs)bestemmelserne til gennemførelse heraf (title 19, Code of Federal Regulations, section 122.49b), give CBP (tidligere U.S. Customs Service) elektronisk adgang til PNR-oplysninger, som indsamles og lagres i luftfartsselskabets elektroniske reservations- og afgangskontrolsystemer (herefter benævnt »reservations-systemer«).
By legal statute (title 49, United States Code, section 44909(c)(3)) and its implementing (interim) regulations (title 19, Code of Federal Regulations, section 122.49b), each air carrier operating passenger flights in foreign air transportation to or from the United States, must provide CBP (formerly, the US Customs Service) with electronic access to PNR data to the extent it is collected and contained in the air carrier’s automated reservation/departure control systems (reservation systems).