[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33809-33810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13853]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Survey of Foreign Ownership of U.S. Securities as of June 30, 
2012

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of reporting requirements.

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SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing 
the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of foreign 
ownership of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2012. This mandatory survey 
is conducted under the authority of the International Investment and 
Trade in Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). This Notice 
constitutes legal notification to all United States persons (defined 
below) who meet the reporting requirements set forth in this Notice 
that they must respond to, and comply with, this survey. Additional 
copies of the reporting forms SHLA (2012) and instructions may be 
printed from the Internet at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/forms-sh.aspx.
    Definition: A U.S. person is any individual, branch, partnership, 
associated group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other 
organization (whether or not organized under the laws of any State), 
and any government (including a foreign government, the United States 
Government, a State or local government, and any agency, corporation, 
financial institution, or other entity or instrumentality thereof, 
including a government-sponsored agency), who resides in the United 
States or is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
    Who Must Report: The panel for this survey is based primarily on 
the level of foreign resident holdings of U.S. securities reported on 
the June 2009 benchmark survey of foreign resident holdings of U.S. 
securities, and will consist mostly of the largest reporters on that 
survey. Entities required to report will be contacted individually by 
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Entities not contacted by the 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York have no reporting responsibilities.
    What To Report: This report will collect information on foreign 
resident holdings of U.S. securities, including equities, short-term 
debt securities (including selected money market instruments), and 
long-term debt securities.
    How To Report: Copies of the survey forms and instructions, which 
contain complete information on reporting procedures and definitions, 
may be obtained at the Web site address given above in the Summary, or 
by contacting the survey staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
at (212) 720-6300 or (646) 720-6300, email: [email protected]. The 
mailing address is: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Statistics 
Function, 4th Floor, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045-0001. 
Inquiries can also be made to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 
at (202) 452-3476, or to Dwight Wolkow, at (202) 622-1276, or by email: 
[email protected].
    When To Report: Data should be submitted to the Federal Reserve 
Bank of New York, acting as fiscal agent for the Department of the 
Treasury, by August 31, 2012.
    Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: This data collection has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned control number 1505-0123. 
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid 
control number assigned by OMB. The estimated

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average annual burden associated with this collection of information is 
486 hours per report for the largest custodians of securities, and 110 
hours per report for the largest issuers of securities that have data 
to report and are not custodians. Comments concerning the accuracy of 
this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be 
directed to the Department of the Treasury, Office of International 
Affairs, Attention Administrator, International Portfolio Investment 
Data Reporting Systems, Room 5422, Washington, DC 20220, and to OMB, 
Attention Desk Officer for the Department of the Treasury, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503.

Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Reporting 
Systems.
[FR Doc. 2012-13853 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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