Notice2026-02722
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) Flying Armed
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Published
February 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
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 1652-0072, 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 collection involves gathering information from federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial armed law enforcement officers (LEOs) who require specialized screening at the TSA checkpoint.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6244-6245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02722]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) Flying Armed
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 1652-0072,
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 collection involves gathering information from
federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial armed law enforcement
officers (LEOs) who require specialized screening at the TSA
checkpoint.
DATES: Send your comments by March 13, 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,
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6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-6011; telephone
(571) 227-2062; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b7f786a7b796a6b5f584a054f4358054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7a3a4b6a7a5b6b7838496d9939f84d9909881">[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 36172. 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 collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) Flying Armed.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0072.
Form(s): TSA Form 413A, Checkpoint Sign-In Log.
Affected Public: Federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial
armed LEOs.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR 1540.111(b), LEOs may carry a firearm or
other weapons while in the performance of law enforcement duties at the
airport and may also fly armed if they meet the specific requirements
in 49 CFR 1544.219. When flying armed, federal, state, local, tribal,
or territorial LEOs must also comply with specialized screening
processes. To document completion of TSA's specialized screening
process, LEOs who pass through a TSA checkpoint must complete TSA Form
413A, Checkpoint Sign-In Log.
TSA is revising the information collection by changing the
identification of weapons section of the form, ``Carrying:'' to ``Are
you carrying?'' and adding the option ``Unarmed LEO Escort.'' In
addition, TSA is changing the question, ``Completed Required LEO Flying
Armed Training?'' to ``Completed Required TSA LEO Flying Armed
Training?'' TSA is making the changes for programmatic needs to capture
information of unarmed escorts \1\ and to differentiate the TSA
administered course from local, state, and other LEO Flying Armed
Training courses.
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\1\ Unarmed LEOs may escort individuals, including dignitaries,
prisoners, deserters, detainees, or deportees to foreign
destinations.
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Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 83,749.
Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours: 5,583.27.
Dated: February 9, 2026.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-02722 Filed 2-10-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-05-P
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