# 2025-00741: Government Seeks Input on Spy Satellite Licensing Red Tape

2025-00741, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before March 17, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00741
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00741
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before March 17, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Government Seeks Input on Spy Satellite Licensing Red Tape

## Summary

NOAA is updating how private companies get licenses to use space cameras that take pictures of Earth. They’re creating a new online system to make applying easier and want your thoughts by March 17, 2025. This affects businesses in the space imaging world and aims to keep things secure while helping the industry grow without extra paperwork headaches.

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

## Effects PRIA read

- New online licensing portal (CLCSS): benefit, medium. NOAA will create a new online platform called the Commerce Licensing and Compliance System for Space (CLCSS) to let private remote‑sensing companies submit license applications, modification requests, notifications, and annual certifications in a single, fillable online system.
- Optional Initial Contact Form saves 40–50 hours: benefit, medium. NOAA is renewing an optional Initial Contact Form (ICF) that can be submitted before a full application; if NOAA determines after reviewing the ICF that a full license application is not required, a potential applicant will save 40–50 hours of paperwork by not submitting the application.
- Standard License Modification Form: benefit, medium. NOAA will add a standard License Modification Form with set questions so licensees can request changes to license provisions and state the date the change takes effect; NOAA expects this will expedite processing and remove a moderate amount of paperwork.
- Data Availability Notification may alter license terms: mixed, low. NOAA is renewing an optional Data Availability Notification (DAN). The DAN provides information on unenhanced data availability from foreign or domestic systems and may be compared to an applicant's unenhanced data to adjust license conditions or restrictions.
- Mandatory collection and estimated paperwork burden: cost, medium. The information collections for licensing and notifications are mandatory for licensees (the ICF and DAN are voluntary). NOAA estimates 100 respondents, with a license application taking 25 hours, a license amendment 1 hour, launch/deployment and disposal/ anomaly/ insolvency notifications 30 minut…

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## Sources
- [2025-00741 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00741/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2025-00741 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00741.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00741 (as of 2026-06-08).