Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Extending a Previously Approved Collection Without Change; Title-Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER) Under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Firearms-ATF Form 5300.11

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request (ICR) 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 91, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64949-64950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20845]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB 1140-0017]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested; Extending a Previously Approved Collection Without 
Change; Title--Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report 
(AFMER) Under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Firearms--ATF Form 5300.11

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), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: ATF encourages comments on this information collection. You may 
submit written comments until midnight on December 14, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for this 
information collection, especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, to Tracey Robertson, Federal Firearms 
Licensing Center (FELC), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1a7a7ada281a0b5a7efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5137373d32113025377f363e27">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or by mail to 244 
Needy Rd., Martinsburg, WV 25405. Identify comments by the OMB control 
number 1140-0017. You may view the proposed information collection 
instrument online at <a href="https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection">https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions or need a copy 
of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or 
additional information, contact Tracey Robertson, FELC, either by mail 
at 244 Needy Rd., Martinsburg, WV 25405, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea8c8c8689aa8b9e8cc48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93f5f5fff0d3f2e7f5bdf4fce5">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or 
by telephone at 866-662-2750. If you require additional information on 
DOJ's ICR process for this renewal request, contact Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer; United States Department of Justice; 
Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management; Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE; 4W-218, Washington, DC.

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 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 the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
being collected can be enhanced, and if so, how; 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Abstract: The information collected is used to compile statistics 
on the manufacture and exportation of firearms. The furnishing of this 
information is mandatory under 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(5)(A). This form must 
be submitted annually for every Type 07 and Type 10 Federal Firearms 
Licensees (FFLs), even if no firearms were exported or distributed into 
commerce. The information collection (IC) OMB 1140-0017 is being 
revised due to material and non-material changes to the form, such as 
added instructions, definitions, formatting changes (to adjust form 
length), bolded lines (to fillable boxes), grammatical changes 
(sentence rephrasing/statement modification), and instruction 
clarification.
    Type of information collection: extending a previously approved 
collection without change.
    Title of the form/collection: Annual Firearms Manufacturing and 
Exportation Report (AFMER) Under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Firearms.
    Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form 5300.11 
Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
    Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well 
as the obligation to respond: Affected public: Business or other for-
profit Obligation to respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or 
retain a benefit. The statutory requirements are implemented under 18 
U.S.C. Chapter 44.
    Estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time 
estimated for an average respondent to respond: There are an estimated 
19,200 respondents associated with this collection per year, and it 
will take each respondent an average of approximately 20 minutes to 
complete their responses.
    Estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the 
collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this 
collection is 6,400 total hours, which is equal to 19,200 (total 
respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * .33333 (20 minutes).
    Estimate of the total annual other cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: No new cost is associated with this 
collection. All respondents can electronically submit the AFMER to ATF 
free of charge, however, it is estimated that half the respondents

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submit the form to the Federal Firearms Licensing Center by mail. The 
annual cost has increased due to a change in the postal rate from $0.55 
during the last renewal in 2020, to $0.63 in 2023. Consequently, the 
new public cost burden will be reported as $6,048.00, which is equal to 
$0.63 (mailing cost per respondent) * 19,200 (# of respondents) * 50% 
(percentage of responses submitted by mail).

                                          Estimated Total Hourly Burden
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                                 Number of                 Total annual      Time per response     Total annual
           Activity             respondents   Frequency      responses            (hours)         burden (hours)
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ATF Form 5300.11.............        19,200            1          19,200  .3333 (20 min.).......           6,400
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Revisions to This Information Collection

    As part of this ICR renewal, ATF is making no revisions to this 
information collection, OMB 1140-0017.

    Dated: October 8, 2026.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2026-20845 Filed 10-9-26; 8:45 am]
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