[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 65293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28020]


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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: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With 
Unaffiliated Foreign Persons.
    Form Number(s): BE-22.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0060.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection 
without any change in the substance or in method of collection.
    Burden: 17,250 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 11.5.
    Needs and Uses: The Government requires data from the BE-22 annual 
survey 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. The data will update the 
results of the BE-20 benchmark survey, which covers the universe of 
such transactions. The BE-20 is conducted once every five years, and 
the last survey covered 1996. A BE-22 survey is conducted each of the 
four years between two benchmark surveys; the last BE-22 covered 1999. 
Some of the major purposes of the survey are to provide information 
needed in formulating U.S. international trade agreements, compile the 
U.S. international transactions and national income and product 
accounts, 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: Businesses and other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions, State and local governments, or other institutions 
engaging in international transactions in the covered services.
    Frequency: Annual.
    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 Forms Clearance Officer, Madeleine Clayton, 
(202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230 or by E-mail to 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington DC 20503.

    Dated: October 27, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-28020 Filed 10-31-00; 8:45 am]
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