[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36109-36110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14221]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2001 Residential Finance Survey.
    Form Number(s): D-2900, D-2900(L), D-2901, D-2901(L), D-
2901(FE)(L), D-2902, D-2902(L), D-2904, D-2905(L).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 77,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 330,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 14 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Residential Finance Survey (RFS) provides data 
about the financing of nonfarm, privately-owned residential properties 
in the United States. RFS data, in conjunction with statistics from 
other sources, are used in assessing public policies affecting real 
estate, mortgage banking, economic policy, social welfare, and related 
areas of concern, and in developing and evaluating proposals about 
them. The data are particularly useful to economists and financial 
analysts who guide and counsel home and apartment builders, financial 
institutions and institutional investors, producers of building 
materials, real estate companies, community planners, and government 
planners at the Federal, state, and local levels.
    The RFS has been conducted as part of the decennial census since 
1950. A continuation of the RFS is necessary because the dramatic 
changes in the real estate finance market which have taken place in the 
1990's give no indication of abating in the next decade. The changes in 
the next 5 to 10 years may be even more dramatic than those of the past 
decade. It is essential for policy planning and formulation within the 
government and for accurate market analysis in the private sector that 
timely, accurate, and comprehensive benchmark data be available on the 
financing of residential properties.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Businesses or other 
for-profit organizations, Federal Government.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 141.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.

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    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 1, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-14221 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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