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OMB Control No: 1405-0152	ICR Reference No: 202604-1405-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202509-1405-005
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/14/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/24/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2029	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	2,760,389	0	1,010,389
Time Burden (Hours)	482,629	0	336,796
Cost Burden (Dollars)	69,827	0	25,559

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,760,389	1,010,389	739,611	1,010,389
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	482,629	336,796	-190,963	336,796
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	69,827	25,559	18,709	25,559

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The DS-4024 takes five minutes to complete. Therefore, the annual burden is calculated at 145,833 (1,750,000 respondents x 5 mins./60 mins. = 145,833 hrs.). The frequency of response is “on occasion.” The Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA), Overseas Citizens Services (OCS) received two different analytics studies on time burden from CA’s Office of Public and Congressional Affairs (CA/P).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,367,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Monica Gaw 202 736-9107 GAWMA@state.gov

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