[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 5082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01772]


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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 (BEA), Commerce.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Payment Card and Bank Card Transactions 
Related to International Travel.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0072.
    Form Number: BE-150.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Responses: 24 annually (6 filed each quarter).
    Average Hours per Response: 16 hours is the average, but may vary 
considerably among respondents because of differences in company size 
and complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 384.
    Needs and Uses: The Quarterly Survey of Payment Card and Bank Card 
Transactions Related to International Travel (BE-150) is a survey that 
collects data on the credit, debit, charge, automated teller machine 
(ATM), and point of sale transactions of U.S. persons traveling abroad 
and foreign persons traveling in the United States. The information 
collected on this survey will be used to formulate U.S. international 
economic policy and analyze the impact of that policy, and the policies 
of foreign countries, on international trade in services. The data are 
also used in estimating the travel component of the U.S. international 
transactions accounts (ITAs) and national income and product accounts 
(NIPAs).
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: January 27, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-01772 Filed 1-29-15; 8:45 am]
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