Notice2025-15053
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection: Title-Application To Make and Register NFA Firearm, ATF Form 5320.1 (“Form 1”)
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August 8, 2025
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Justice Department
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), The 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 review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38508-38509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15053]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0011]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection:
Title--Application To Make and Register NFA Firearm, ATF Form 5320.1
(``Form 1'')
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), The 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 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 7, 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#dd90b8bab5bcb3f3a9b4aeaeb8afbcb3b99dbca9bbf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e032b29262f20603a273d3d2b3c2f202a0e2f3a2860292138">[email protected]</span></a>, or 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: Any person other than a qualified manufacturer who wishes
to make and register an NFA firearm must submit a written application
to ATF on a form prescribed by ATF. 26 U.S.C. 5822. They must also
identify the firearm they are making, themself as the maker, and, if an
individual, must include their fingerprints and a photograph with the
application. In Sec. 479.62, ATF prescribed ATF Form 5320.1 (``Form
1''), Application to Make and Register NFA Firearm for these required
purposes.
Information Collection (IC) OMB 1140-0011 is being revised to
reflect an increase in the number of applicants per year, rising from
25,716 applicants during the last renewal to 148,975, an increase of
123,259. However, there has also been a decrease in the time burden due
to changes 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 102,808 to 29,795 (a
decrease of 73,013 hours).
The Department is also making the following changes to ATF Form
5320.1 (``Form 1'') due to statutory changes to the transfer tax that
was previously required to accompany documents submitted pursuant to
this IC:
<bullet> modifying item 1a, which will read: ``Tax Paid. Submit tax
payment of $200 for each machinegun or destructive device. The making
tax may be paid by credit or debit card, check, money order, or through
<a href="http://Pay.gov">Pay.gov</a>. (See instructions 2.c. and 3)''
<bullet> modifying item 1b, which will read: ``Tax Paid. Tax payment of
$0 for other types of firearms does not require completion of item
19.''
In addition, the Department is making the following changes to Form
1 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
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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 pay.gov
<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#97f9f1f6d7f6e3f1b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac4cccbeacbdecc84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e372e3c1e3f2a3870393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91f8e1f3d1f0e5f7bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>, & <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b353d3a3d3a231b3a2f3d753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2749414641465f6746534109404851">[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 Make and Register
NFA Firearm.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form 5320.1.
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: State, local, and
tribal governments, individuals or households, private sector-for
profit institutions, federal government. The obligation to respond is
required to obtain/retain a benefit.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated
148,975 respondents will complete this form 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 29,795 total hours, which is equal to 148,975 (total
respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * .20 (12 minutes).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $685,285.
Table--Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
[Rounded]
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Number of Total annual Time per Total annual Hourly rate per Annual
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden (hours) response monetized value
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Completing Form 1................ 148,975 1 148,975 .33 29,795 $23 $685,285
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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 5, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-15053 Filed 8-7-25; 8:45 am]
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