[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 161 (Friday, August 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20122]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance 
Companies with Foreign Persons.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0066.
    Form Number(s): BE-45.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 9,600.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Average Hours per Response: 8.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Government requires data from the BE-45, 
Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies 
with Foreign Persons, to obtain accurate and up-to-date information on 
transactions in reinsurance and other insurance transactions between 
U.S. insurance companies and foreign persons. The data collected will 
be used in monitoring U.S. exports and imports of insurance services; 
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: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondents 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 may be obtained 
by writing Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Diana Hynek, 
Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at [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: August 18, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-20122 Filed 8-20-09; 8:45 am]
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