[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57617-57618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22754]


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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).

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    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
    Title: Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--
Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0004.
    Form Number: BE-577.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 60,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 
Abroad--Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate (Form 
577), obtains quarterly data on transactions and positions between 
U.S.-owned foreign business enterprises and their U.S. parents. The 
survey is a sample survey that covers all foreign affiliates above a 
size-exemption level. The sample data are used to derive universe 
estimates in nonbenchmark years from similar data reported in the BE-
10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad, which is 
conducted every five years. The data are used in the preparation of the 
U.S. international transactions accounts, the input-output accounts, 
the national income and product accounts, and the international 
investment position of the United States. The data are needed to 
measure the size and economic significance of direct investment abroad, 
measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. 
and foreign economies.
    The data from the survey are primarily intended as general purpose 
statistics. They should be readily available to answer any number of 
research and policy questions related to U.S. direct investment abroad.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via email at 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7245, or via email 
at [email protected].

    Dated: September 13, 2013
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-22754 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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