[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6282-6283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3191]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE


Directives Management Branch, Bureau of Management; Paperwork 
Reduction Act, Revision of Information Collection Requirement

    This is a request for comments on the revised information 
collection requirement contained in 22 CFR 123.27(b), published in 
today's Federal Register. This revision has already been approved by 
OMB; its OMB control number is 1405-0103. Comments will be accepted for 
sixty days from the date listed at the top of this page in the Federal 
Register. Comments should address one or more of the following points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed revision of information 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (4) Ways to further minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions or need additional 
information, please contact Ms. Rose Biancaniello, Office of Defense 
Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, ATTN: Regulatory 
Change, Personal Use Cryptographic Products, U.S. Department of State, 
Room 200, SA-6, Washington, DC 20520.
    Overview of this revised information collection requirement:
    (1) Type of information collection: Revision of current approved 
information collection.
    (2) The title of the form/collection: Not applicable. Revision 
removes requirement to complete and submit a government form and 
replaces it with self-certification and minimized record-keeping.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: nonapplicable. 
Sponsored by the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, United States 
Department of State.
    (4) Who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief 
abstract: Primary: U.S. persons temporarily exporting cryptographic 
products. Others: None. Before this revision, U.S. persons temporarily 
exporting cryptographic products were required to obtain a temporary 
export license from the Office of Defense Trade Controls prior to 
departing the United States and to complete Form 7525-V and deliver it 
to the U.S. Customs Service on their return. The revision allows 
travellers, in most circumstances, to temporarily export cryptographic 
products without a license and requires them merely to keep a personal 
log of such temporary exports and a self-certification that the 
restrictions on such temporary exports have been complied with. The log 
needs to be keep by the exporter for five years from the date of each 
temporary export. This record-keeping requirement is required by the 
Department of State in order to promote compliance with, and facilitate 
enforcement of, remaining restrictions on the temporary export of 

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crytographic products for personal use. These include controls on the 
temporary export of such items to terrorism-supporting states and 
destinations subject to United Nations arms embargoes.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of travellers and the annual 
amount of time estimated for an average traveller to record the 
relevant information: 10,000 travellers at 0.25 hours, or 15 minutes 
per year.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the information collection: 2500 hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Mr. Charles S. 
Cunningham, Forms Management Officer, United States Department of 
State, Directives Management Branch, Bureau of Management, Room B-264 
M.S., 2201 `C' Street, NW., Washington DC 20520.
    Public comment on this revised information collection is strongly 
encouraged.

    Dated: February 8, 1996.
Charles S. Cunningham,
Forms Management Officer, United States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 96-3191 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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