[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76016-76017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30801]


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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

[Public Notice: 2015-3018]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the United States.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and comments request.

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    Form Title: EIB 00-02 Annual Competitiveness Report Survey of 
Exporters and Bankers.

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a 
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to 
comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Ex-Im Bank will use this information to fulfill the statutory 
mandate (Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 635) 
which directs Ex-Im Bank to report annually to the U.S. Congress on its 
competitiveness relative to the world's other major export credit 
agencies. As part of this report, the statutory mandate requires Ex-Im 
Bank to conduct an annual survey of exporters and lenders who used 
Export-Import Bank's support during the prior calendar year. Ex-Im Bank 
will use the responses to develop an analysis of the Bank's 
competitiveness.
    The survey can be reviewed at: http://www.exim.gov/sites/default/files/pub/pending/EXIM_Competitiveness_Report_Survey.pdf.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before January 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically on 
WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20038 Attn: OMB 3048-14-
01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Titles and Form Number: EIB 00-02 Annual Competitiveness Report 
Survey of Exporters and Bankers.
    OMB Number: 3048-0004.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Need and Use: This information will be used to fulfill the 
statutory mandate (Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 12 
U.S.C. 635) which directs Ex-Im Bank to report annually to the U.S. 
Congress any action taken toward providing export credit programs that 
are competitive with those offered by official foreign export credit 
agencies. The Act further stipulates that the annual report on 
competitiveness should include the results of a survey of U.S. 
exporters and U.S. commercial lending institutions which provide export 
credit to determine their experience in meeting financial competition 
from other countries whose exporters compete with U.S. exporters.
    The number of respondents: 150.
    Estimated time per respondents: 90 minutes.
    The frequency of response: Annually.
    Annual hour burden: 225 total hours.

    Government Expenses:
    Reviewing time per response: 45 minutes.
    Responses per year: 150.
    Reviewing time per year: 112.5 hours.
    Average Wages per hour: $42.50.
    Average cost per year: (time * wages) $4,781.25.
    Benefits and overhead: 20%.
    Total Government Cost: $5737.5.

Bonita Jones-McNeil,
Program Analyst, Records Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-30801 Filed 12-4-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6690-01-P