89022 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / Notices 

1The Maryland Three Airports are: College Park 

Airport, Potomac Airfield, and Washington 

Executive/Hyde Field. However, on November 30, 

2022, Washington Executive/Hyde Field ceased 

operations following a bankruptcy sale of the 

airport property. Nevertheless, TSA will continue to 

use TSA Form 418 to collect the information as 

required by 49 CFR part 1562, subpart A. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2005–20118] 

Intent To Request Extension From 

OMB of One Current Public Collection 

of Information: Maryland Three 

Airports: Enhanced Security 

Procedures for Operations at Certain 

Airports in the Washington, DC, 

Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted 

Zone 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) invites public 

comment on one currently approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0029, that 

we will submit to OMB for an extension 

in compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. The collection 

is necessary to comply with a 

requirement for individuals to 

successfully complete a security threat 

assessment before operating an aircraft 

or serving as an airport security 

coordinator at one of the Maryland 

Three airports. 

DATES: Send your comments by January 

13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed 

to TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov or delivered to 

the TSA PRA Officer, Information 

Technology (IT), TSA–11, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

6595 Springfield Center Drive, 

Springfield, VA 20598–6011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina A. Walsh at the above address, 

or by telephone (571) 227–2062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 

OMB Control Number 1652–0029; 

Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced 

Security Procedures for Operations at 

Certain Airports in the Washington, DC 

Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted 

Zone, 49 CFR part 1562. TSA’s 

regulations impose requirements and 

security procedures on airport operators 

of three airports in the State of 

Maryland that are located within the 

Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area 

Flight Restricted Zone (Maryland Three 

Airports),1 and on individuals operating 

aircraft to or from these airports. The 

information collected is used to 

determine compliance with 49 CFR part 

1562, subpart A. 

Part 1562, subpart A, allows an 

individual who is approved by TSA to 

operate an aircraft to or from one of the 

Maryland Three Airports or to serve as 

an airport security coordinator at one of 

these airports. In order to be approved, 

a pilot or airport security coordinator 

applicant is required to submit 

information and successfully complete a 

security threat assessment. As part of 

this threat assessment, the applicant 

must submit their fingerprints and 

undergo a criminal history records 

check and a check of Government 

terrorist watch lists and other databases 

to determine whether the individual 

poses, or is suspected of posing, a threat 

to transportation or national security. 

An applicant will not receive TSA’s 

approval under this analysis if TSA 

determines or suspects the applicant of 

being a threat to national or 

transportation security. 

Applicants can be fingerprinted at the 

Ronald Reagan Washington National 

Airport’s badging office and any 

participating airport badging office or 

law enforcement office located nearby to 

the applicant’s residence or place of 

work. Airport security coordinators and 

pilots must complete the applicable 

sections of TSA Form 418, which 

include but are not limited to the 

following: full name; Social Security 

number; date of birth; address; phone 

number and email; current and valid 

airman certificate or current and valid 

student pilot certificate; current medical 

certificate; a list of the make, model, and 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

aircraft registration number for each 

aircraft the pilot intends to operate at 

Maryland Three Airports; one form of 

Government-issued picture ID; the 

certificate of completion of the FAA DC 

Special Flight Rules Area training; and 

fingerprints. Although not required by 

the rule, TSA asks applicants to 

voluntarily provide an email address 

and emergency contact phone number 

to facilitate immediate communication 

that might be necessary when operating 

in the Flight Restricted Zone or helpful 

during the application process. 

TSA also provides an option to 

submit certain documents for the 

application by email. For example, 

applicants no longer need to submit the 

required documentation to the FAA 

Flight Standards District Offices inperson, but may submit the information 

to TSA electronically at mdthree@

tsa.dhs.gov. This option does not apply 

to fingerprints, which must continue to 

be collected in-person at the various 

locations. 

TSA receives approximately 369 

applications (366 pilots and 3 airport 

security coordinators) annually and 

estimates applicants spend 

approximately 5.75 hours to prepare 

and submit the information to TSA, 

which is a total annual burden of 

2,121.75 hours. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26072 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

RIN 1652–ZA18 

TSA PreCheck® Application Program 

Fee 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) administers the 


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1For purpose of this document, the ‘‘TSA 

PreCheck® Application Program’’ refers to the DHS 

Trusted Traveler Program that TSA operates to 

determine if individuals are low-risk and may 

receive expedited screening. ‘‘TSA PreCheck®’’ 

refers to expedited screening provided by TSA. 

2See Notice, 78 FR 72922 (Dec. 4, 2013). 

3 Id. 

4The Known Traveler Number is a component of 

Secure Flight Passenger Data, which is defined in 

TSA Secure Flight regulations at 49 CFR 1560.3. 

See also the Secure Flight regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1560. 

5See 49 CFR 1572.103 for the criminal standards 

that apply to TSA PreCheck® applicants. 

6 Individuals who apply for membership in the 

TSA PreCheck® Application Program must be U.S. 

citizens, U.S. Nationals, or Lawful Permanent 

Residents. 

7For instance, an individual who interferes with 

security screening or brings a weapon to the 

security checkpoint would be deemed ineligible for 

TSA PreCheck® expedited screening and their 

membership in the program may be revoked. 

8See sec. 540 of the DHS appropriations act of 

2006, Public Law 109–90 (119 Stat. 2064, 2088–89, 

Oct. 18, 2005); 49 U.S.C. 114 (note). 

9 Id. 

10For more information on the Touchless Identity 

Solution, visit tsa.gov/digital-id. 

11 If it is necessary to change this fee in the future, 

TSA will notify the public through publication of 

a Notice in the Federal Register. 

TSA PreCheck® Application Program, in 

which individuals determined to be 

low-risk travelers may receive expedited 

airport security screening. To apply for 

TSA Precheck® eligibility, individuals 

submit biometric and biographic 

information that TSA uses to verify 

identity and conduct a security threat 

assessment and submit fees to cover the 

costs associated with the program. TSA 

announces in this Notice that, under 

certain circumstances, the membership 

renewal fee will be reduced by $11.25 

due to changes related to the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fee for 

criminal history checks. 

DATES: This notice is effective 

November 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Walbridge, Transportation 

Security Administration, 6595 

Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, 

VA 20598–6047; by phone at (240) 568– 

5372, or email at 

TSAPrecheckEnrollment@tsa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Notice Document 

You can get an electronic copy using 

the internet by— 

(1) Accessing the Government 

Printing Office’s web page at https://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.

action?collectionCode=FR to view the 

daily published Federal Register 

edition; or accessing the ‘‘Search the 

Federal Register by Citation’’ in the 

‘‘Related Resources’’ column on the left, 

if you need to do a Simple or Advanced 

search for information, such as a type of 

document that crosses multiple agencies 

or dates; or 

(2) Visiting TSA’s Security 

Regulations web page at https://

www.tsa.gov and accessing the link for 

‘‘Stakeholders’’ at the top of the page, 

then the link ‘‘Research Center’’ in the 

left column. 

In addition, copies are available by 

writing or calling the individual in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

I. Background 

A. Overview of TSA PreCheck®

Application Program 

The TSA PreCheck® Application 

Program is a voluntary, expedited 

security screening program connecting 

low-risk travelers departing from the 

United States with smarter security and 

a better air travel experience.1 As of 

August 2024, there are approximately 20 

million members in the TSA PreCheck®

Application Program. Individuals 

enrolled in the TSA PreCheck®

Application Program are eligible to 

receive expedited screening at U.S. 

airports. As explained in its Notice 

establishing the program,2 membership 

in the TSA PreCheck® Application 

Program is within the sole discretion of 

TSA. 

TSA established the TSA PreCheck®

Application Program in December 2013 

to expand access to expedited screening 

to individuals who voluntarily provide 

information that TSA uses to determine 

whether the traveler is low risk.3 TSA 

uses biographic and biometric 

information the applicant provides to 

conduct a security threat assessment 

(STA) that includes review of criminal 

history, immigration, intelligence, and 

regulatory violation records. During the 

enrollment process, TSA requires 

applicants to present government-issued 

identity documents with a photo to 

prove their identity and that they are a 

U.S. person. 

Following enrollment, TSA evaluates 

the information generated by the vetting 

process to determine whether the 

individual poses a low risk to 

transportation and national security. 

Once completed, the STA remains valid 

for 5 years, provided the individual 

continues to meet the eligibility 

standards. At the end of the 5-year term, 

individuals wishing to maintain their 

membership must renew it by 

completing a new STA and paying 

renewal fees. 

If TSA determines that the applicant 

is low risk, TSA issues a Known 

Traveler Number (KTN) 4 that the 

individual enters when making flight 

reservations. Enrollment in the TSA 

PreCheck® Application Program and use 

of the associated KTN do not guarantee 

that an individual will receive 

expedited screening at airport security 

checkpoints. TSA retains an element of 

randomness to maintain 

unpredictability for security purposes, 

and travelers with valid KTNs may be 

selected for additional physical 

screening on occasion. 

An individual is ineligible for a KTN 

and access to TSA PreCheck® expedited 

screening if TSA determines the 

individual poses a risk to transportation 

or national security; has committed 

certain criminal acts; 5 does not meet the 

immigration status standards; 6 has 

committed regulatory violations; 7 or is 

otherwise not a low-risk traveler. TSA 

notifies individuals who it determines 

are ineligible for a KTN or whose 

membership in the program is revoked, 

in writing, and they continue to undergo 

standard screening at airport security 

checkpoints. 

B. Program Fees 

TSA is required by law to collect a 

non-refundable fee to cover the costs of 

operating the TSA PreCheck®

Application Program.8 Collecting 

biographic and biometric information 

from applicants, conducting the STA, 

adjudicating the results of the STA, and 

managing the program 9 generate costs 

for TSA, the enrollment providers who 

TSA has selected to conduct enrollment, 

and the FBI who processes the 

fingerprint-based criminal history 

records check. Consistent with the 

statutory mandate, TSA established a 

fee structure for new TSA PreCheck®

enrollments and renewals. The fee 

includes a TSA fee, an FBI fee, and an 

enrollment provider fee. 

The TSA fee recovers TSA’s costs to 

analyze the immigration, terrorism, 

criminal, and regulatory violation 

information generated in the vetting 

process to determine whether applicants 

meet all eligibility requirements; notify 

applicants of TSA’s determination; issue 

KTNs to eligible individuals; conduct 

research and development for 

innovative improvements to enrollment, 

expedited screening, and overall airport 

experience; expand the TSA PreCheck®: 

Touchless Identity Solution; 10 and 

continue to monitor databases and 

information to confirm that members 

remain low risk. The current TSA fee is 

$42.75.11

The FBI fee covers the FBI’s costs to 

compare fingerprints against the 

national criminal databases and return 

any results to TSA. This fee also 


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12See https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2022/08/04/2022-16668/fbis-criminaljustice-information-services-division-user-feeschedule. 

13TSA Modernization Act, division K—title I of 

the FAA Reauthorization Act sec. 1937(f), Public 

Law 115–254, 132 Stat. 3186 (Oct. 5, 2018). 

14 IDEMIA has an OTA with TSA for the TSA 

PreCheck® Application Program and a contract for 

TSA enrollment, to include TSA PreCheck®. 

15Rap Back is an optional service offered by the 

FBI that provides authorized users with the 

capability to subscribe an individual to receive 

notification of subsequent triggering information, 

such as a new criminal arrest or the disposition of 

an old arrest, involving that individual during the 

term of enrollment. 

includes subscription in the FBI Rap 

Back program, which provides TSA 

notification of any new criminal activity 

or information. The FBI determines 

when it is necessary to change its fee for 

this service and publishes a Notice of 

those changes in the Federal Register.12

TSA ensures that the current FBI fee is 

collected during enrollment and 

transmitted to the FBI. The current FBI 

fee is $11.25. 

The enrollment provider fee covers 

the cost of the vendor’s enrollment 

products and services to include costs to 

establish and maintain enrollment 

centers; equip and staff the centers; 

develop and maintain the information 

technology infrastructure to securely 

collect and transmit applicant data; and 

administer these services. The 

enrollment provider collects this fee 

directly from the applicant during 

enrollment and retains it; TSA does not 

ingest, transfer, or retain the enrollment 

provider fee. 

When the TSA PreCheck®

Application Program launched in 2013, 

the enrollment provider fee was set via 

contract. TSA recompeted this contract 

in 2019. The contract was awarded to 

IDEMIA and set an updated enrollment 

provider fee. In 2018, Congress passed 

the TSA Modernization Act 13 requiring 

TSA to increase the number of 

enrollment providers in the TSA 

PreCheck® program. This legislation 

sought to add competition, capabilities, 

and options to the enrollment process 

and provides that TSA must select at 

least two additional enrollment vendors 

to conduct enrollment under Other 

Transaction Agreements (OTAs) with 

TSA. Unlike a contract, an OTA permits 

the vendor to establish its fees and the 

services it wishes to provide, rather than 

having them set by TSA, which 

increases the opportunity for options 

and services for the applicants. 

Applicants can choose an enrollment 

provider based on the services it 

provides in addition to TSA PreCheck®

enrollment. Nothing in the OTA process 

prevents TSA and the FBI from 

receiving their respective fees. TSA 

entered into OTAs with IDEMIA,14

Alclear, LLC and Telos Identity 

Management Solutions, LLC in 2020 to 

provide enrollment services for the TSA 

PreCheck® program. TSA maintains a 

list of the overall fees to enroll in TSA 

PreCheck®, by enrollment provider, at 

www.tsa.gov/precheck. These fees 

include the TSA fee, the FBI fee, and the 

enrollment provider fee. 

II. Reduced Renewal Fee 

In May 2021, TSA began subscribing 

TSA PreCheck® Application Program 

members in the FBI’s Rap Back 

service.15 The FBI currently charges 

$11.25 to process fingerprints for the 

criminal history records check and 

retain them in the FBI’s Next Generation 

Identification system. The FBI then 

allows TSA to subscribe individuals in 

Rap Back at no additional cost. 

Currently, the FBI permits an individual 

seeking to renew TSA PreCheck®

membership to remain subscribed in 

Rap Back if their STA has not expired 

and the enrollment provider remains the 

same. In these cases, the FBI does not 

charge the $11.25 FBI fee. 

TSA’s contract with IDEMIA requires 

this $11.25 savings to be passed on to 

the renewing individual. Providers 

operating under an OTA with TSA may, 

but are not required, to pass this savings 

on to the individual. As stated above, 

the OTA process permits the provider to 

set its fees and services, which 

applicants may take into account when 

choosing a provider. 

TSA will continue to maintain a 

current listing of the overall fees for all 

enrollment and renewal options at 

www.tsa.gov/precheck. 

Dated: October 30, 2024. 

Stacey Fitzmaurice, 

Executive Assistant Administrator, 

Operations Support. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25701 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0007] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Reinstatement, With 

Change, of a Previously Approved 

Collection for Which Approval Has 

Expired: Change of Address 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until December 13, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2008–0018. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0007 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2008–0018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 

number (240) 721–3000 (This is not a 

toll-free number; comments are not 

accepted via telephone message.). Please 

note contact information provided here 

is solely for questions regarding this 

notice. It is not for individual case 

status inquiries. Applicants seeking 

information about the status of their 

individual cases can check Case Status 

Online, available at the USCIS website 

at http://www.uscis.gov, or call the 

USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 

(TTY 800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on August 16, 2024, at 89 FR 

66733, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS received two 

comments in connection with the 60- 

day notice. 

You may access the information 

collection instrument with instructions, 

or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2008–0018 in the search box. 

Comments must be submitted in 

English, or an English translation must 

be provided. The comments submitted 

to USCIS via this method are visible to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and comply with the requirements of 5 


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