[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16122-16124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06011]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection 
of Information: Certification of Identity Form (TSA Form 415)

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites 
public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 
below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden on an individual traveler providing his or her name; address; 
and information that would help TSA verify the identity of the 
passenger.

DATES: Send your comments by May 19, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered 
to the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 20598-6011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Christina A. Walsh at the above address, or by 
telephone (571) 227-2062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. The ICR documentation will be 
available at http://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
Therefore, in preparation for OMB review and approval of the following 
information collection, TSA is soliciting comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, 
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and E.O. 13777, 
Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also requesting comments 
on the extent to which this request for information could be modified 
to reduce the burden on respondents.

Information Collection Requirement

Purpose and Description of Data Collection

    The REAL ID Act and implementing regulation set minimum 
requirements for state-issued driver's licenses and identification 
cards (DL/ID) accepted by Federal agencies for official purposes, 
including boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft.\1\ Pursuant 
to the regulation, beginning October 1, 2020, TSA may only accept 
state-issued DL/ID if the card itself is REAL ID-compliant.\2\ In 
advance of TSA's full implementation of these REAL ID requirements, the 
agency is reviewing all screening and identity verification processes. 
As part of this review, TSA is updating the information that the Agency 
may collect from individuals seeking to use the IVCC process.
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    \1\ Public Law 109-13, Div. B, 119 Stat. 231, 302-23 (May 11, 
2005); REAL ID Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards, 6 CFR 
part 37.
    \2\ 6 CFR 37.5(b).
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    All adult passengers 18 and over must show valid identification at 
the airport checkpoint in order to travel. TSA has identified 
acceptable forms of identification to meet this requirement. Generally, 
individuals verify their identity by providing an acceptable form of ID 
(such as a driver's license or passport) at the travel document 
checker.\3\ In the event that an individual does not have their 
acceptable form of identification with them at the airport, TSA may 
still allow that individual to fly if they are able to verify their 
identity through alternative procedures, such as through TSA's Identity 
Verification Call Center (IVCC) process.\4\
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    \3\ The agency provides a list of acceptable forms of 
identification on the agency website, available at https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification.
    \4\ Id.
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    The IVCC uses knowledge-based authentication, via commercial and 
government database sources with personal identifiable information 
provided by the passenger in order to derive questions that the IVCC 
uses to ask the passenger to verify his or her identity. The commercial 
databases used by the IVCC are aggregators of an individual's 
transactional data, providing essential information of which only an 
individual would have knowledge. The IVCC then speaks with the traveler 
to verify the individual's identity based on information found in the 
databases. If the traveler's identity is confirmed, he or she will be 
allowed to enter the screening checkpoint. Travelers using the 
alternative process for identity verification may be subject to 
additional security screening.
    To initiate the IVCC process, a traveler who does not have their 
acceptable identification with him or her must complete a Certification 
of Identity form (TSA Form 415).\5\ The current TSA Form 415 requests 
the traveler's name and address. After completing the form, the 
traveler is connected with TSA's IVCC.
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    \5\ TSA Form 415 is currently exempt from the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.
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    Acceptable identification requirements will change on October 1, 
2020, when all state-issued identification must meet REAL ID 
requirements. To ensure that the alternative identity verification 
process does not become a means for travelers to circumvent REAL ID 
requirements, TSA is revising Form 415 to ask additional questions 
concerning what type of physical identification the individual has. 
This expansion of the type of information collected requires TSA to 
seek approval for the collection.
    The most likely respondents to this proposed information request 
are travelers who arrive at an airport security checkpoint without an 
acceptable form of identification because they lost or forgot their DL 
or other state-issued ID. Other likely respondents are travelers who 
had their acceptable form of identification stolen and travelers 
carrying a form of identification that they incorrectly believed to be 
acceptable. TSA estimates that approximately 912,500 passengers will 
complete the TSA Form 415 annually. TSA estimates each form will take 
approximately three minutes to complete. This collection would result 
in an annual reporting burden of 45,625 hours.

Use of Results

    TSA will use the information provided on revised TSA Form 415 to 
generate questions intended to verify the identity of a traveler who 
arrives at a security screening checkpoint without an acceptable form 
of identification. This information may also be used to determine who 
may access the IVCC. A failure to collect this information may result 
in TSA not being able to verify the identity of travelers without an 
acceptable form of identification and these travelers being unable to 
proceed through the security checkpoint and board a commercial 
aircraft.
    TSA previously initiated the PRA approval process by publishing a 
notice on November 8, 2016, 81 FR 78623, announcing our intent to 
conduct this collection; however due to continuing policy refinement, 
TSA never completed the process or finalized the

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TSA Form 415. TSA welcomes new comments with the publication of this 
new notice to re-initiate the approval process.

    Dated: March 16, 2020.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2020-06011 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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