[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26878]


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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 Royalties, License Fees, and Other Receipts 
and Payments for Intangible Rights Between U.S. and Unaffiliated 
Foreign Persons.
    Form Number(s): BE-93.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0017.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection 
without any change in the substance or in method of collection.
    Burden: 2,520 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 630.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 4.
    Needs and Uses: The Government requires data from the BE-93, Annual 
Survey of Royalties, License Fees, and Other Receipts and Payments for 
Intangible Rights Between U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons, to 
obtain accurate and up-to-date information on transactions in 
intangible rights between U.S. and unaffiliated foreign persons. It 
will use the data collected in monitoring U.S. exports and imports of 
intangible rights, analyzing their impact on the U.S. and foreign 
economies, supporting U.S. international commercial 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.
    Affected Public: U.S. businesses or other for-profit institutions 
that transact with unaffiliated foreign persons in intangible rights.
    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.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by calling or writing Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Diana 
Hynek, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via e-
mail at [email protected] or by fax at (202) 395-7245.

    Dated: October 21, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-26878 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]
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