[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25438]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Analysis Bureau


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (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: Annual Survey of Royalties, License Fees, and Other Receipts 
and Payments for Intangible Rights Between U.S. and Unaffiliated 
Foreign Persons.
    Agency Form Number: BE-93.
    OMB Approval Number: 0608-0017.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,200 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 550.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The BE-93 annual survey is required in order to 
obtain reliable, up-to-date and detailed information on transactions in 
intangible rights between U.S. companies and foreign persons. Data from 
this survey will be used in monitoring U.S. services trade, analyzing 
its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, formulating U.S. 
international trade policy on services, supporting bilateral and 
multilateral trade negotiations, monitoring and assessing the impact of 
trade agreements on the U.S. and foreign economies, compiling the U.S. 
balance of payments and national income and product accounts, 
developing U.S. international price indexes for services, assessing and 
promoting U.S. competitiveness in international trade in services, and 
improving the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate 
market opportunities.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, or 
other institutions receiving royalties and license fees from, or paying 
royalties and licenses fees to unaffiliated foreign persons.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C., Sections 3101--3108, as amended.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing DOC Clearance Officer, Linda Engelmeier, (202) 
482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days to Paul Bugg OMB Desk Officer, 
Room 10201, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-25438 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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