[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25789]


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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 Construction, Engineering, Architectural, 
and Mining Services Provided by U.S. Firms to Unaffiliated Foreign 
Persons.
    Form Number(s): BE-47.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0015.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection 
without any change in the substance or in method of collection.
    Burden: 700 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 155.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 4.5.
    Needs and Uses: The Government requires data from the BE-47, Annual 
Survey of Construction, Engineering, Architectural, and Mining Services 
Provided by U.S. Firms to Unaffiliated Foreign Persons, to obtain 
accurate and up-to-date information on sales to unaffiliated foreign 
persons of construction, engineering, architectural, and mining 
services. It will use the data collected in monitoring U.S. exports of 
construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services, 
analyzing their impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, supporting 
U.S. international trade policy on such services, compiling the 
international transactions, national income and product, and input-
output accounts of the United States, assessing U.S. competitiveness in 
international trade in services, and improving the ability of U.S. 
businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities. For example, 
the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations produced an 
agreement, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), that will 
liberalize market access rules and promote more equal treatment of U.S. 
construction and engineering firms. The BE-47 data help measure gains, 
by individual foreign country, obtained in construction and related 
services under the GATS. Similar needs arise with respect to the North 
American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada, and 
Mexico.
    Affected Public: U.S. businesses or other for-profit institutions 
providing construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services 
to unaffiliated foreign persons.
    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 Departmental Paperwork 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 9, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-25789 Filed 10-12-01; 8:45 am]
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