[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 146 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36171-36172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14582]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572]
Intent To Request Extension From the Office of Management and
Budget of One Current Public Collection of Information: Secure Flight
Program
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0046,
abstracted below, that we will submit to OMB for an extension in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The
information collection involves passenger information that certain U.S.
aircraft operators and foreign air carriers (``covered aircraft
operators'') submit to Secure Flight for purposes of identifying and
protecting against potential threats to transportation and national
security, and determining prescreening status of individuals.
DATES: Send your comments by September 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered
to the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology, TSA-11, Transportation
Security Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA
20598-6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 https://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 the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
OMB Control Number 1652-0046; Secure Flight Program, 49 CFR part
1560. Under the Secure Flight Program, the TSA collects information
from covered aircraft operators, which includes U.S. aircraft
operators, foreign air carriers, and U.S. airports, in order to
prescreen passengers and individuals seeking access to the sterile area
of the airport. Specifically, the information collected is used to
facilitate the process for assessing passengers' risk by matching
against lists of persons who pose or are suspected of posing an
elevated risk to transportation or national security, for matching
against lists of Known Travelers to identify passengers who may be
eligible for expedited screening, and to distinguish individuals with
identifying information similar to those on high- and low-risk lists to
ensure that each passenger receives the appropriate screening and
protect against misidentification. The collection covers the following:
(1) Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) for passengers of covered
flights within, to, from, or over the continental U.S., as well as
flights between two
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foreign locations when operated by a covered U.S. aircraft operator.
(2) SFPD for passengers of charter operators and lessors of
aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of over 12,500 pounds.
(3) Certain identifying information for non-traveling individuals
that airport operators or airport operator points of contact seek to
authorize to enter a sterile area at a U.S. airport (e.g., to patronize
a restaurant, to escort a minor or a passenger with disabilities, or
for another approved purpose).
(4) Registration information critical to deployment of Secure
Flight, such as contact information, data format, or the mechanism the
covered aircraft operators use to transmit SFPD and other data.
(5) Lists of low-risk individuals who are eligible for expedited
screening provided by Federal and non-federal entities. In support of
TSA PreCheck[supreg], TSA implemented expedited screening of known or
low-risk travelers. Federal and non-federal entities may maintain lists
of eligible individuals pursuant to agreements with DHS and TSA and
provide TSA with those lists of eligible low-risk individuals to be
used as part of Secure Flight processes. Secure Flight identifies
individuals who should receive expedited screening and transmits the
appropriate boarding pass printing result to the aircraft operators.
TSA estimates an average of 875 respondents (231 current and new
covered aircraft operators + 552 Twelve-five and Private Charter
aircraft operators + 75 airports + 17 non-federal entities) per year
with an estimated average annual reporting burden of 10,950 hours.
Dated: July 29, 2025.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-14582 Filed 7-31-25; 8:45 am]
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