Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Supporting Statement
OMB # 1140-0010
Application to Transport Interstate or Temporarily Export Certain National Firearms Act (NFA) Firearms
ATF F 5320.20
Certain National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms may not be transported interstate or temporarily exported by any person, other than a qualified licensee, without first obtaining approval from ATF (18 U.S.C. 922 (a) (4) and 27 CFR 478.28). The regulations require that a written request for permission be submitted. The form provides for the regulatory requirements and may be used in lieu of the written request.
ATF F 5320.20 is used by a person who possesses a registered machinegun, destructive device, short barreled rifle or short barreled shotgun to request permission to move the firearm interstate (either temporarily or permanently) or to temporarily export the firearm. The form is to be filed in duplicate and once authorization has been granted, one of the copies is returned to the requestor evidencing the approval.
This information on the form is verified by ATF personnel in the processing of the application to ensure the legality of the proposed transportation and to verify the location of the firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. This information is also used by ATF to determine the lawful transportation of an NFA firearm and/or to pursue the criminal investigation into an unregistered NFA firearm.
This form is available on the ATF website and it is a fillable form. The form cannot be submitted electronically because it requires an original signature.
ATF uses a uniform subject classification system to identify duplication and to ensure that any similar information already available cannot be used or modified for the purpose of this information collection.
The information collection has no impact on small business.
The consequences of not conducting this collection would result in the illegal transporting of certain types of firearms.
This collection is consistent with the provisions of 5 CFR 1320.6. There are no special circumstances.
The ATF industry liaison consulted with the firearms industry during the creation of this form. The 60-day and 30-day Federal Register Notice for public comment was published in order to solicit comments from the general public. No comments were received.
No payment or gift is associated with this collection.
In addition to the requirements of confidentiality contained in the Privacy Act, this information is classified as “tax information” or “tax return information’ and any release is severely restricted by the Tax Reform Act (26 U.S.C. section 6103).
No questions of a sensitive nature are asked.
In FY 2011, slightly under 4,400 forms were filed. Each filing is a new request for a different location or time period. The number of respondents is 4,400. Each respondent responds one time for a total of 4,400 responses. It is estimated to take 20 minutes per respondent to complete the form. The total number of burden hours associated with this information collection is 1,467 hours.
No new cost or annual cost to the respondent is associated with this information collection.
Estimates of annual costs to the Federal Government are:
Printing $140.00
The adjustments associated with this collection are the number of respondents and the estimated time to complete the form. There is an increase in the number of respondents to 4,400. The estimated time to complete the form has decreased to 20 minutes per respondent. The total number of burden hours has increased to 1,467 hours. These adjustments are based on forms submitted during FY 2011.
The results of this collection will not be published.
ATF does not request approval to not display the expiration date of OMB approval for this collection.
There are no exceptions to the certification statement.
B. COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS
None.
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| File Title | Department of Justice |
| Author | ATF |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-01-30 |