Notice2025-15507
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection; NFA Responsible Person Questionnaire, ATF Form 5320.23
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August 15, 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 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39425-39427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15507]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0107]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection; NFA
Responsible Person Questionnaire, ATF Form 5320.23
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 14, 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#214c444649404f0f554852524453404f45614055470f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c01090b040d024218051f1f091e0d02082c0d180a420b031a">[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: When a trust or other legal entity (including
corporations, married couples jointly registering a firearm, etc) must
submit ATF Form 5320.1 (``Form 1''), Application to Make and Register
NFA Firearm, as the maker, or is identified as the transferee on ATF
Form 5320.4 (``Form 4''), Application to Transfer and Register NFA
Firearm (Tax-Paid), or ATF Form 5320.5 (``Form 5''), Application to
Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Exempt), they are not able to
submit individualy identifying information for purposes of a background
check. As a result, ATF Form 5320.23 is required for any responsible
person (as defined in 27 CFR 479.11) who is part of such trust or other
legal entity. Forms 1, 4, and 5 are required under the National
Firearms Act (NFA).
Information Collection (IC) OMB 1140-0107 is being revised to
reflect an increase in the number of applicant responsible persons per
year, rising from 115,829 applicants during the last renewal to
749,242, an increase of 633,413 responsible persons. However, there has
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, and substituting photocopied identification cards instead,
all submitted electronically. As a result, there has been a
corresponding decrease in the burden hours per respondent, from .5
hours to .2 hours each. These combined changes have resulted in
resulting in an increase in total annual burden hours from 57,915 to
149,848 (an increase of 91,933 hours).
In addition, the Department is making the following changes to Form
5320.23 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 shorter
<bullet> removing the photo box on the form and revising the
instructions to reflect anticipated regulatory change to who must
submit fingerprints or photographs and to shift from a passport-style
photo to a copy of a photo identification card
<bullet> combining race/ethnicity items
<bullet> allowing additional types of electronic/digital signatures
<bullet> adding references to eForms
<bullet> adding instructions for married couples jointly making,
transferring, and registering a firearm, as an `other legal entity'
<bullet> correcting typographical/grammar items
<bullet> removing specific firearm information other than the type of
firearm
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of information collection: Revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. Title of the form/collection: NFA Responsible Person
Questionnaire.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form
5320.23.
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, private sector for- or not-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
749,242 respondents will provide their responses to this collection
once annually, and it will take each respondent approximately 12
minutes (.20 hours) 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 149,848 total hours, which is equal to 749,242
(total respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * 12 minutes
(.20 hours).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $3,446,504.
Table--Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
[Rounded]
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Monetized value
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual Time per Total annual Hourly rate of respondent
respondents responses response burden (hours) time
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Complete RP Questionnaire........ 749,242 1 749,242 0.20 149,848 $23 $3,446,504
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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 12, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-15507 Filed 8-14-25; 8:45 am]
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