[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31011-31012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13274]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Cuban Remittance 
Affidavit

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 
Currently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') within the 
Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning OFAC's 
Cuban Remittance Affidavit information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 26, 2011 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions on the Web site for submitting comments.
    Fax: Attn: Request for Comments (Cuban Remittance Affidavit) (202) 
622-1657
    Mail: Attn: Request for Comments (Cuban Remittance Affidavit) 
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and the Federal Register Doc. number that appears at the end of this 
document. Comments received will be made available to the public via 
regulations.gov or upon request, without change and including any 
personal information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202/622-2490, Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202/622-2480, Assistant Director for Policy, tel.: 
202/622-4855, Office of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief Counsel 
(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622-2410, Office of the General 
Counsel, Department of the Treasury (not toll free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Cuban Remittance Affidavit.
    OMB Number: 1505-0167.
    Abstract: The information is required of persons subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States who make remittances to persons in 
Cuba pursuant to the general licenses in section 515.570 of the Cuban 
Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (``CACR''). The information 
will be used by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
of the Treasury (``OFAC'') to monitor compliance with regulations 
governing unlimited family and family inherited remittances, periodic 
$500 remittances, unlimited remittances to religious organizations, 
remittances to students in Cuba pursuant to an educational license, 
limited emigration remittances, and periodic remittances from blocked 
accounts.
    Current Actions: The Cuban Remittance Affidavit is currently being 
revised to reflect amendments to the CACR published in the Federal 
Register on January 28, 2011, which implement policy changes announced 
by the President on January 14, 2011, designed to increase people-to-
people contact, support civil society in Cuba, enhance the free flow of 
information to, from, and among the Cuban people, and help promote 
their independence from Cuban authorities.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000,000 filers: 1,000,000 filing 
four times annually and 2,000,000 filing once a year.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 60 seconds per form, for an 
estimated four minutes per year for those filing four times annually 
and one minute per year for those filing once a year.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100,000.
    The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of 
information covered by this notice:
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') 
control number. Books or records relating to a collection of 
information must be retained for five years.

Request for Comments

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will 
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has 
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information.


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    Approved: May 24, 2011, 2011.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2011-13274 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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