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[FR Doc No: 94-4906]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB)

    DOC has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Industry Classification Questionnaire.
    Form Number: Agency--BE-507; OMB--0608-0032.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 600 respondents; 1 response per respondent per year; 300 
reporting hours.
    Average Hours per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Needs and Uses: The survey is required in order to classify, by 
industry, information collected on related forms for U.S. direct 
investment abroad (i.e., Forms BE-577, BE-133B, and BE-133C). These 
data are needed, by country and industry, for compiling the quarterly 
direct investment estimates included in the U.S. international 
transactions and gross national product accounts, for annual estimates 
of the U.S. direct investment position abroad, and for semi-annual 
estimates of property, plant, and equipment expenditures of majority-
owned foreign affiliates. They are also needed to measure the economic 
significance of U.S. direct investment abroad, monitor changes in such 
investments, analyze its effect on the U.S. and foreign economies, and 
based upon this assessment, make informed policy decisions regarding 
U.S. investment abroad.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing DOC Clearance Officer, Edward Michals, (202) 482-
3271, Department of Commerce, room H5310, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, room 3228, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 28, 1994.
Edward Michals,
Departmental Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-4906 Filed 3-2-94; 8:45 am]
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