60-Day Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2014–001]

Intent To Request Revision From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: TSA Pre✓® Application
Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0059,
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for a revision in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
This ICR is being revised to reflect
additional enrollment and vendor
options in accordance with the TSA
Modernization Act, to address TSA’s
plans to utilize other DHS component
services, and to use surveys to
determine satisfaction and customer
engagement with TSA Pre✓®. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The
collection involves the voluntary
submission of biographic and biometric
information that TSA uses to verify
identity and conduct a security threat
assessment (STA) for the TSA Pre✓®
Application Program. The STA
compares an applicant’s information
against criminal history, immigration,
intelligence, and regulatory violations
databases to determine if the person
poses a low risk to transportation or
national security and should be eligible
for expedited screening through TSA
Pre✓® lanes at airports.
DATES: Send your comments by January
3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
to [email protected] or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information
Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina A. Walsh at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227–2062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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

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unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. The ICR documentation will be
available at http://www.reginfo.gov
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.
Consistent with the requirements of
Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing the
Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also
requesting comments on the extent to
which this request for information could
be modified to reduce the burden on
respondents.
Information Collection Requirement
Pursuant to the statutory authorities
explained below, the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) has
implemented a voluntary enrollment
program for individuals to apply for the
TSA Pre✓® Application Program.
Section 109(a)(3) of the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (ATSA),
Public Law 107–71 (115 Stat. 597, 613,
Nov. 19, 2001, codified at 49 U.S.C. 114
note) provides TSA with the authority
to ‘‘establish requirements to implement
trusted programs and use available
technologies to expedite security
screening of passengers who participate
in such programs, thereby allowing
security screening personnel to focus on
those passengers who should be subject
to more extensive screening.’’ In
addition, TSA has express, statutory
authority to establish and collect a fee
for any registered traveler program by
publication of a notice in the Federal
Register, as outlined in the Department
of Homeland Security Appropriations
Act, 2006, Public Law 109–90 (119 Stat.
2064, 2088–89, Oct. 18, 2005).
Under the TSA Pre✓® Application
Program, individuals may submit
biographic and biometric 1 information
1 Unless otherwise specified, for the purposes of
this document, ‘‘biometrics’’ refers to fingerprints
and/or facial imagery.

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directly to TSA that TSA uses to
conduct an STA of criminal,
immigration, intelligence, and
regulatory violation databases. TSA uses
the STA results to decide if an
individual poses a low risk to
transportation or national security. TSA
issues approved applicants a known
traveler number (KTN) that they may
use when making travel reservations.
Airline passengers who submit a KTN
when making airline reservations are
eligible for expedited screening on
flights originating from U.S. airports.2
TSA uses the traveler’s KTN and other
information during passenger
prescreening to verify that the
individual traveling matches the
information on TSA’s list of known
travelers and to confirm TSA Pre✓®
expedited screening eligibility.
Interested applicants must provide
certain minimum required data
elements, including, but not limited to,
name, date of birth, gender, address,
contact information, country of birth,
images of identity documents, proof of
citizenship or immigration status, and
biometrics via a secure interface. TSA
uses this information to conduct an
STA, make a final eligibility
determination for the TSA Pre✓®
Application Program, and verify the
identities of TSA Pre✓® enrolled and
approved individuals when they are
traveling.
TSA sends the applicants’ fingerprints
and associated information to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for
the purpose of comparing their
fingerprints to other fingerprints in the
FBI’s Next Generation Identification
(NGI) system or its successor systems
including civil, criminal, and latent
fingerprint repositories. The FBI may
retain applicants’ fingerprints and
associated information in NGI after the
completion of their application and,
while retained, their fingerprints may
continue to be compared against other
fingerprints submitted to or retained by
NGI as part of the FBI’s Rap Back
program.3 In retaining applicants’
fingerprints, the FBI conducts recurrent
vetting of applicants’ criminal history
until the expiration date of the
applicant’s STA. TSA also transmits
applicants’ biometrics for enrollment
into the Department of Homeland
2 Passengers who are eligible for expedited
screening typically will receive more limited
physical screening; e.g., will be able to leave on
their shoes, light outerwear, and belt; to keep their
laptop in its case; and to keep their 3–1–1
compliant liquids/gels bag in a carry-on.
3 The FBI’s Rap Back service allows authorized
agencies to receive on-going status notifications of
any criminal history reported to the FBI after the
initial processing and retention of criminal or civil
transactions using fingerprint identification.

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Security Automated Biometrics
Identification System (IDENT) and its
successor systems for recurrent vetting
of applicants’ criminal history, lawful
presence, and ties to terrorism.
TSA is revising the collection of
information to reflect additional
enrollment and vendor options in
accordance with the TSA Modernization
Act, Division K of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018, Public Law
115–254 (132 Stat. 3185; Oct. 5, 2018)
at section 1937, codified at 49 U.S.C.
44919. TSA expects to offer additional
TSA Pre✓® Application Program
enrollment opportunities at airports to
reduce the burden on frequent travelers.
Enrollment vendors may use
commercial sources for the purpose of
identity verification, or they may
contact issuing sources of identity
documents, such as State departments
of motor vehicles for the same purpose.
This revision also addresses TSA’s
plans to utilize DHS components’
services, provided via U.S. Customs and
Border Protection and the Office of
Biometric Identity Management, to
support TSA’s biometric-based
identification at the checkpoint and
citizenship verification through
passport information provided by the
Department of State. Lastly, TSA
intends to collect information from TSA
Pre✓® members after enrollment
through surveys to determine
satisfaction and customer engagement
with TSA Pre✓®.
When the STA is complete, TSA
makes a final determination on
eligibility for the TSA Pre✓®
Application Program and notifies
applicants of its decision. Most
applicants generally should expect to
receive notification from TSA within
two to three weeks of the submission of
their completed applications. If initially
deemed ineligible by TSA, applicants
will have an opportunity to correct
cases of misidentification or inaccurate
criminal records. Applicants must
submit a correction of any information
they believe to be inaccurate within 60
days of issuance of TSA’s letter. If a
corrected record is not received by TSA
within the specified amount of time, the
agency may make a final determination
to deny eligibility. Individuals who TSA
determines are ineligible for the TSA
Pre✓® Application Program will
undergo standard screening at airport
security checkpoints.
The TSA Pre✓® Application Program
enhances aviation security by
permitting TSA to better focus its
limited security resources on passengers
who are unknown to TSA and whose
level of risk is undetermined, while also
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commercial aviation travel experience
for the public. Travelers who choose not
to enroll in this initiative are not subject
to any limitations on their travel
because of their choice; they will be
processed through normal TSA
screening before entering the sterile
areas of airports. TSA also retains the
authority to perform standard or other
screening on a random basis on TSA
Pre✓® Application Program participants
and any other travelers authorized to
receive expedited physical screening.
TSA estimates that there will be
1,815,779 new enrollments, 1,245,184
online renewals, and 52,159 in-person
renewals (3,113,122 total enrollments)
annualized over a three-year period.
This estimate is based on current and
projected enrollment with TSA’s
existing program. TSA estimates that
there will be 4,211,661 annualized
hours based on a three-year projection
to include enrollment, renewals, and
surveys. TSA estimates an average of
1.8968 hours per applicant to complete
the enrollment process, which includes
providing biographic and biometric
information to TSA (via an enrollment
center or pre- or post-enrollment
options) and the burden for any records
correction for the applicant, if
applicable. TSA estimates an average of
0.1666 hours per applicant to complete
the on-line renewal process. TSA
estimates an average of 0.0833 hours per
an estimated 6,310,473 annual survey
respondents to include post-enrollment,
non-renewal and other TSA Pre✓®
surveys.
Dated: October 29, 2019.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019–23971 Filed 11–1–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–05–P

Transportation Security Administration
Revision of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
TSA infoBoards
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0065,
abstracted below to OMB for review and
approval of a revision of the currently

SUMMARY:

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Send your comments by
December 4, 2019. A comment to OMB
is most effective if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.

DATES:

Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
addressed to Desk Officer, Department
of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–2062;
email [email protected].
TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on June 20, 2019, 84 FR
28835.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

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SECURITY

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approved collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. TSA infoBoards (formerly
WebBoards) is an information-sharing
environment designed to serve
stakeholders in the transportation
security community and is used to
disseminate mission-critical
information. It provides stakeholders
with an online portal, which allows
authorized users to obtain, post, and
exchange information, access common
resources, and communicate with
similarly situated individuals. Utilizing
and inputting information into TSA
infoBoards is completely voluntary.

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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 http://www.reginfo.gov
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;

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