Notice2025-14903
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection: Application To Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Exempt), ATF Form 5320.5 (“Form 5”)
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Published
August 6, 2025
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37887-37888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14903]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection:
Application To Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Exempt), ATF Form
5320.5 (``Form 5'')
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Department
of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
October 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments,
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, contact: Meghan
Tisserand, Division Staff, National Firearms Act Division, either by
mail at National Firearms Act Division; Division Staff Office; 244
Needy Road; Martinsburg, WV 25405, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0ad858788818ece948993938592818e84a0819486ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="347951535c555a1a405d47475146555a50745540521a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 304-616-3219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We encourage written comments and
suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the
proposed information collection. Your comments should address one or
more of the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary to
properly perform the identified functions of the Bureau, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the proposed
information collection's burden, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether, and if so how, the agency can enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and
--Minimize the information collection's burden on those who are to
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting responses to be
submitted electronically.
Abstract: Persons who wish to apply for permission to transfer and
register a National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm, and who qualify to do
so under one of the statutory tax exemptions, must use ATF Form 5320.5,
Application to Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Exempt) (``Form
5''). ATF uses the information to determine legality of the firearm
transfer under federal, state, and local law. Applicants also use the
form to claim an exemption from paying the otherwise-required transfer
tax as provided and provide the information necessary to support their
claim. In addition, ATF uses Form 5 to effect a transfer resulting from
operation of law, for example, a firearm in an estate being transferred
to a beneficiary, or a firearm being transferred as a result of
bankruptcy. Persons may also use Form 5 to facilitate temporarily
conveying a firearm for repair, and its subsequent return.
Information Collection (IC) OMB 1140-0015 is being revised to
include an increase in respondents from 10,591 three years ago to
17,322 in 2025, an increase of 6,731 respondents since the last
renewal. In addition, the time burden has decreased from 30 to 12
minutes due to developments in technology allowing electronic forms,
reducing the number of respondents who must provide fingerprints and
reducing the number of copies, allowing electronic fingerprints on-
site, reducing respondents who must provide photographs, allowing cell
phone photographs, and allowing photocopied identification cards
instead, all submitted electronically. In addition, the requirement to
complete an extra copy of the form and submit it to local law
enforcement is going away, and the fillable forms have made it possible
to populate the second copy at the same time as the first copy, both of
which reduce the time burden even more. As a result, there has been a
corresponding decrease in the burden hours per respondent, from .5
hours to .2 hours each, resulting in a reduction in total annual burden
hours from 5,350 to 3,464, a decrease of 1,866 hours.
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In addition, the agency is making the following minor changes to
Form 5 in anticipation of upcoming regulatory changes, and to make the
form easier to read, correct minor errors, and adjust for updated
technology:
<bullet> revising the title to be more clear
<bullet> removing the photo box on the form to allow the option to
attach either a passport-style photo or a copy of a photo
identification document
<bullet> combining race/ethnicity items
<bullet> allowing additional types of electronic/digital signatures
<bullet> revising the fillable pdf form to link copy 1 and copy 2 so
that copy 2 gets populated as the copy 1 is filled in, except for check
boxes and signature
<bullet> adding references to eForms and <a href="http://pay.gov">pay.gov</a>
<bullet> adding reference to the refund process
<bullet> removing the CLEO notification requirement and copy
<bullet> adding instructions for married couples jointly making,
transferring, and registering a firearm, as an `other legal entity'
<bullet> correcting typographical/grammar items
<bullet> adding email addresses for different questions: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a545c5b7a5b4e5c145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcb2babd9cbda8baf2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#066f76644667726028616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="432a3321032237256d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>, & <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#18767e797e796058796c7e367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4dad2d5d2d5ccf4d5c0d29ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of information collection: Revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. Title of the form/collection: Application to Transfer and
Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Exempt).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form 5320.5.
Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
U.S. Department of Justice.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: Affected public: Federal government,
state or local government, persons selling unserviceable firearms.
The obligation to respond is: Required to obtain/retain a benefit,
comply with law.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated
17,322 respondents will respond to this collection once annually, and
it will take each respondent approximately 12 minutes to complete their
responses.
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with
this collection is 3,464 total hours, which is equal to 17,322 (total
respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * 0.20 (12 minutes).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $79,672.
Table--Estimated Annualized Respondent Hour Burden
[Rounded]
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Total Monetized
Number of Total annual Time per annual Hourly value of
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden rate respondent
(hours) time
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Completing Form 5......................................... 17,322 1 17,322 0.20 3,464 $23 $79,672
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If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer; United States Department of Justice;
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff; Two
Constitution Square; 145 N Street NE, 4W-218; Washington, DC.
Dated: August 4, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-14903 Filed 8-5-25; 8:45 am]
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