[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39052-39053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16625]


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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).
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance 
Companies with Foreign Persons.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0066.
    Form Number: BE-45.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Responses: 2,000 annually (500 filed each quarter; 475 
reporting mandatory or voluntary data, and 25 that would not report 
data).
    Average Hours per Response: 8 hours is the average for those 
reporting data and 1 hour is the average for those not reporting data, 
but hours may vary considerably among respondents because of 
differences in company size and complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,300.
    Needs and Uses: The Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by 
U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign

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Persons (BE-45) is a survey that collects data on U.S. trade in 
insurance services. 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 used in estimating the 
insurance 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 the 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: July 1, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-16625 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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