[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50289-50290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25439]


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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 Selected Services Transactions with 
Unaffiliated Foreign Persons.

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    Agency Form Number: BE-22.
    OMB Approval Number: 0608-0060.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 17,250 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 11.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The BE-22 annual survey is required to obtain 
reliable and up-to-date information on selected U.S. services 
transactions with unaffiliated foreign persons, by type of service 
cross-classified by foreign country. It is intended to update the 
results of the BE-20 benchmark survey, which covers the universe of 
such transactions. The BE-20 survey is conducted once every five years, 
and the last survey covered 1996. The BE-22 survey is conducted each of 
the four years between two benchmark surveys; the last BE-22 covered 
1995. Some of the major purposes of the survey are to provide 
information needed in formulating U.S. international trade policy on 
services, support bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations and 
monitoring trade agreements, compile the U.S. balance of payments and 
national income and product accounts, develop U.S. international price 
indexes for services, assess and promote U.S. competitiveness in 
international trade in services, and improve the ability of U.S. 
businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations, and 
non-for profit institutions, state and local government, or other 
institutions engaging in international transactions in covered 
services.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C., Section 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 97-25439 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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