[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5866-5867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2644]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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 provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
    Title: Commercial Encryption Items Under the Jurisdiction of the 
Department of Commerce.
    Agency Form Number: BXA-748P.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0104.
    Type of Request: Renewal of an existing collection.
    Burden: 2,830 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 5 minutes to 7 hours per response.
    Number of Respondents: 680 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: This collection is authorized by section 5(h) of 
the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (EAA) and section 
203(a)(2) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 
and authorized under section 15(b) of the EAA and

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section 203(a)(1) of the IEEPA. The Export Administration Act 
authorizes the President to control exports of U.S. goods and 
technology to all foreign destinations, as necessary for the purposes 
of national security, foreign policy and short supply. The 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes the President to 
take actions to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which 
has its source in whole or substantial part outside of the United 
States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the 
United States. This policy has since been implemented and updated in 
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (see December 30, 1996 (61 
FR 68572); September 22, 1998 (63 FR 50516); December 31, 1998 (63 FR 
72156); January 14, 2000 (65 FR 2492); October 19, 2000 (65 FR 62600), 
and June 6, 2002 (67 FR 38855)). As described in these regulations, the 
U.S. encryption export control policy rests on three principles: review 
of encryption products prior to sale, streamlined post-export 
reporting, and license review of certain exports of strong encryption 
to foreign government end-users. Consistent with these principles, 
national security requires that information be collected from the 
public as described both in this collection and in collection 0694-
0088. The regulations developed by the Bureau of Industry and Security 
in consultation with other Federal agencies, implements the U.S. 
encryption export policy last revised in regulations published on June 
6, 2002. This notice updates and revises the paperwork burden on the 
public imposed by these regulations.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, 202-482-0266, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: January 30, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-2644 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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