Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Federal Fish and Wildlife Applications and Reports-Law Enforcement
Published Date: 1/30/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is renewing its paperwork for law enforcement applications and reports without any changes. This affects people involved in wildlife law enforcement who’ll keep using the same forms. You can share your thoughts by March 2, 2026, but no new costs or time changes are expected.
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 5 costs, 0 mixed.
Application Fees Remain Unchanged
If you apply for a permit or license, the Service is keeping the current application fees: $100 for Forms 3-200-2, 3-200-3a, and 3-200-3b, and $150 for Form 3-200-44. There is no application fee for government agencies.
Program’s Annual Nonhour Cost Total
The Service reports Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Costs of $1,188,700 for this collection. That figure reflects fees and other non-time costs associated with these permit and license applications.
Recordkeeping and Inspection Obligations Continue
Permittees and licensees must keep accurate records of each importation or exportation and make those records and inventories available for Service inspection; live wildlife must be kept under humane and healthful conditions. Form 3-200-44a (Registered Agent/Tannery Bi-Annual Inventory Report) is submitted biannually.
Commercial Import/Export License Requirement
It is unlawful to import or export wildlife or wildlife products for commercial purposes without an import/export license; U.S. entities use Form 3-200-3a and foreign entities use Form 3-200-3b to apply. Licenses are used for enforcement monitoring and are valid up to 1 year.
Time To Complete Forms Stays Same
The estimated time to complete each response remains 15 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes, and the Service estimates a total of 13,431 annual burden hours across 11,933 respondents and 11,953 annual responses. These time estimates and totals are unchanged by this renewal.
Permit Duration Rules Remain
Import/export licenses are valid for up to 1 year, and designated port exception permits can be valid for up to 2 years. Those validity periods continue under this renewal.
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