[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50082-50083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20290]


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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: 15,440 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,140.
    Average Hours Per Response: 8 hours for mandatory response; and 1 
hour for other response.

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    Needs and Uses: The data are needed to monitor U.S. international 
trade in insurance services, analyze its impact on the U.S. and foreign 
economies, compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, support U.S. 
commercial policy on insurance services, conduct trade promotion, and 
improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market 
opportunities.
    Affected Public: U.S. insurance companies that transact with 
foreign persons in insurance services.
    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 can be obtained 
by writing Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Jennifer Jessup, 
Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 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 email 
at [email protected] or by fax at (202) 395-7245.

    Dated: August 14, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-20290 Filed 8-17-12; 8:45 am]
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