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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad-1994.
    Form Number(s): BE-10.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New.
    Burden: 451,200 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,830.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 159.4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of the benchmark survey of U.S. direct 
investment abroad is to obtain comprehensive data on the overall 
operations of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates, and 
on positions and transactions between them. The survey is mandated by 
Congress to provide a factual framework for addressing the concerns of 
policymakers and the general public about the effects of direct 
investment abroad on the U.S. and foreign economies. The data from the 
survey will provide benchmarks for deriving current universe estimates 
of direct investment from sample data collected in other BEA surveys in 
nonbenchmark years. The data are needed to record the size of U.S. 
direct investment abroad, measure changes in such investment, and 
assess its impact. They are also required for compiling the balance of 
payments, international investment position, and national income and 
product accounts of the United States.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Quinquennially.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Foreign Airline Operators' Revenue and Expenses in the 
United States.
    Form Number(s): BE-36.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0013.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 325 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 65.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The survey is required in order to obtain 
comprehensive data concerning foreign air carriers' revenues and 
expenses in the United States. The data are needed primarily to compile 
U.S. international accounts.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions 
(foreign airline companies).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of United States 
Carriers; and U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses.
    Form Number(s): BE-30 and BE-37.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0011.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 1,088 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 58.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 9 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The BE-30 is required in order to obtain 
comprehensive data concerning United States ocean carriers' freight 
revenues and foreign expenses. The BE-37 is required to obtain 
comprehensive data concerning United States airline operators' foreign 
revenues and expenses. The data from both surveys are needed primarily 
to compile U.S. international accounts.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions (U.S. 
ocean carriers and U.S. airline operators).
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United States.
    Form Number(s): BE-29.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0012.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 520 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 130.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The survey is required in order to obtain 
comprehensive data concerning foreign ocean carriers' expenses in the 
United States. The data are needed primarily to compile U.S. 
international accounts.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions 
(foreign carriers' U.S. agents).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 30, 1994.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-21828 Filed 9-2-94; 8:45 am]
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