Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Extending a Previously Approved Collection Without Change; Title-Request for Restricted 922(o) Machine Gun (National Firearms Act)-ATF Form 5320.24
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 ...
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Department of Justice.
ACTION:
60-Day notice.
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 National Firearms Act Division, Meghan Tisserand, by email to
NFA-ICR-comments@atf.gov,
or by mail to 244 Needy Rd., Martinsburg, WV 25401. Identify comments by the OMB control number 1140-0124. You may view the proposed information collection instrument online at
www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
If you have questions or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, contact Meghan Tisserand, NFA, either by mail at 244 Needy Rd., Martinsburg, WV 25401, by email at
NFA-ICR-comments@atf.gov,
or by telephone at 304-616-4500. 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 Managment; 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 Request for Restricted 922(o) Machine Gun (National Firearms Act) (NFA)—ATF Form 5320.24 must be filed by Federal Firearms Licensees who have paid the special (occupational) tax to import, manufacture, deal in, or transfer an NFA firearm to a similarly qualified licensee. The completed ATF Form 5320.24 will also serve as supporting documentation for the Application for Tax-Exempt Transfer of Firearm and Registration to Special Occupational Taxpayer—ATF Form 3 (5320.3) (ATF Form 3), which must be completed by a law enforcement authority requesting demonstration of 922(o) restricted machineguns.
Type of information collection:
extending a previously approved collection without change.
Title of the form/collection:
Request for Restricted 922(o) Machine Gun (National Firearms Act).
Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number:
ATF Form 5320.24.
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, Federal Government, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Obligation to respond:
required to obtain/retain a benefit, voluntary.
Estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
There are an estimated 1,850 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 616 total hours, which is equal to 1,850 (total respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * .333333 (20 minutes).
Estimate of the total annual other cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable:
There is no public cost burden associated with this collection which has electronic submission capability.
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Estimated Total Hourly Burden
Activity
Number of
respondents
Frequency
Total annual
responses
Time per
response
(hours)
Total annual
burden
(hours)
ATF Form 5320.24
1,850
1
1,850
.333333 (20 mins)
616
Revisions to This Information Collection
As part of this ICR renewal, ATF is making no revisions to this information collection, OMB 1140-0124.
Dated: October 8, 2026.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection