# Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Secure Flight Program
**AGENCY:**
Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
**ACTION:**
30-Day notice.
**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 *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* 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 *[email protected].*
**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 *https://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.
**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®, 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]
[^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.
*Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours:* 43,636.
Dated: December 5, 2025.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation Security Administration.