[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51568-51569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14356]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) will submit 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 (BEA), Commerce.
    Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United 
States.
    Form Numbers(s): BE-15(LF), BE-15(SF), BE-15(EZ), and BE-15 
Supplement C.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0034.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 107,900 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4,950.
    Average Hours per Response: 21.8 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in 
the United States (Form BE-15) obtains sample data on the financial 
structure and operations of nonbank U.S. affiliates of foreign 
investors. The data are needed to provide reliable, useful, and timely 
measures of foreign direct

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investment in the United States, assess its impact on the U.S. economy, 
and based upon this assessment, make informed policy decisions 
regarding foreign direct investment in the United States. The data are 
used to derive annual estimates of the operations of U.S. affiliates of 
foreign investors, including their balance sheets; income statements; 
property, plant, and equipment; external financing; employment and 
employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and services; 
taxes; and research and development activity. In addition, data 
covering employment and property, plant, and equipment are collected by 
state. The data are also used to update similar data for the universe 
of U.S. affiliates collected once every five years on the BE-12 
benchmark survey.
    Affected Public: U.S. businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108).
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, or e-
mail [email protected].
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget, 
O.I.R.A., Attention PRA Desk Officer for BEA, e-mail [email protected], 
or by FAX at 202-395-7245.

    Dated: August 24, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-14356 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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