Notice2025-22379
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Secure Flight Program
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Published
December 10, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentTransportation Security Administration
Abstract
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0046, abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the currently approved collection under 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 submit to Secure Flight for purposes of identifying and protecting against potential threats to transportation and national security, and determining prescreening status of individuals.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57213-57214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22379]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572]
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Secure Flight Program
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0046,
abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the
currently approved collection under 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 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 January 9, 2026. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <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 Review--Open for
Public Comments'' and by using the find function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology, TSA 11, Transportation Security Administration,
6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-6011; telephone
(571) 227-2062; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a3e392b3a382b2a1e190b440e0219440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02565143525043427671632c666a712c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following
collection of information on August 1, 2025, 90 FR 36171. TSA did not
receive any comments on the notice.
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 <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a> 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 using appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Secure Flight Program.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0046.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Aircraft operators, airport operators.
Abstract: TSA collects information from covered aircraft operators,
including foreign air carriers, in order to prescreen passengers under
the Secure Flight Program. The information collected under the Secure
Flight Program is used for watch list-matching, for matching against
lists of known travelers, and to assess passenger risk (e.g., to
identify passengers who present lower risk and may be eligible for
expedited screening). The collection covers:
(1) Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) for passengers of covered
domestic and international flights within, to, from, or over the
continental United States, as well as flights between two 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 (Twelve-
Five operators).
(3) Certain identifying information for non-traveling individuals
that covered aircraft operators, 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). TSA is
revising the collection for non-traveling individuals to also request
authorization to enter a sterile area at a U.S. airport directly from
TSA, and TSA will issue a visitor pass for the non-traveler to enter
the sterile area.
(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. Through TSA
PreCheck[supreg], TSA implemented expedited screening of known low-risk
travelers. Some federal and non-federal entities maintain lists of
eligible individuals pursuant to agreements with DHS and TSA, and
provide TSA with a list 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.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 300,919.\1\
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\1\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA has revised
the collection, resulting in an increase in the annual respondents
and burden hours. TSA previously reported 875 annual respondents and
10,950 annual burden hours.
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Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours: 43,636.
Dated: December 5, 2025.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-22379 Filed 12-9-25; 8:45 am]
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