Notice2025-19985
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Application and Permit To Import Firearms, Ammunition, and Defense Articles (ATF Form 5330.3B (“Form 6, Part II”))
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Published
November 17, 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 review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51408-51409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19985]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0006]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Application and Permit To Import Firearms,
Ammunition, and Defense Articles (ATF Form 5330.3B (``Form 6, Part
II''))
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-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 review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
December 17, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have 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, please contact: Austin Funk,
Firearms and Explosives Import Branch, either by mail at Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg,
WV 25405, by email
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at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d7c484e495453137b4853567d5c495b135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19586c6a6d7077375f6c777259786d7f377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 304-616-4654.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register, volume 90, page 37568, on
Tuesday, August 5, 2025, allowing a 60-day comment period. 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 ATF's functions, including whether the information
will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the agency's estimate of the proposed information
collection's burden for accuracy, including validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether, and if so, how, the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the information collection's burden on those who are to
respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical,
or other technological collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting people to submit electronic
responses.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 1140-0006. This information collection request
may be viewed at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Justice information collections currently under review by
OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three
years without renewal. DOJ notes that information collection
requirements submitted to OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-
month extension while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of information collection: revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. Title of the form/collection: Application and Permit to Import
Firearms, Ammunition, and Defense Articles.
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: ATF Form 5330.3B
(``Form 6, part II'').
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 a brief abstract:
Affected public: private sector-for or not for profit institutions.
Abstract: military members use ATF Form 5330.3B (``Form 6, part
II'') to request approval to import articles described on the
application back to the U.S. ATF uses the information on Form 6, part
II to determine if the article(s) described on the application
qualifies to be imported by the person requesting approval and the form
then serves as the authorization for them to import the items.
ATF is modifying information collection (IC) OMB 1140-0006 to
revise the title of the form for improved readability. ATF is also
revising the form to add attachment sheets, at the request of users, to
make the form more aligned with ATF Form 5330.3A (``Form 6, part I''),
as well as make it easier for applicants with large numbers of item
types to include in their applications. The attachment sheets include
ones for defense articles and ammuition. The form instructions are also
being updated to include current statute and regulation citations, some
terminology changes (such as changing `articles' to `firearm(s),
ammunition, and defense article(s)'), and contact information updates
to provide the most efficient methods of contacting the office. The
instructions have also been condensed and reworded for clarity. This
revision also includes terminology and grammar updates.
This information collection is also being revised to reflect a
decrease in the number of respondents since the last renewal, from 400
down to 312 per year, a decrease of 88. This has also resulted in a
decrease in the total hourly burden from 200 to 156 total annual hours.
5. Obligation to respond: the obligation to respond is voluntary.
6. Total estimated number of respondents: 312 respondents.
7. Estimated time per respondent: 30 minutes.
8. Frequency: once annually.
9. Total estimated annual time burden: 156 total hours.
10. Total estimated annual other costs burden: $0.
If you need additional information, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division; United States Department of Justice; Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 13, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-19985 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
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