[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10741-10742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

[Docket No. 170112070-7094-01]
RIN 0691-XC063


BE-150: Quarterly Survey of Payment Card and Bank Card 
Transactions Related to International Travel

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of reporting requirements.

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SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 
Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting 
the mandatory survey titled Quarterly Survey of Payment Card and Bank 
Card Transactions Related to International Travel (BE-150). This survey 
is authorized by the International

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Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this Notice is to notify all 
U.S. persons who meet the reporting requirements set forth in this 
Notice that they must respond to, and comply with, the BE-150. Reports 
are due 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. This Notice is 
being issued in conformance with the rule BEA issued in 2012 (77 FR 
24373) establishing guidelines for collecting data on international 
trade in services and direct investment through notices, rather than 
through rulemaking. Additional information about BEA's collection of 
data on international trade in services and direct investment can be 
found in the 2012 rule, the International Investment and Trade in 
Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and 15 CFR part 801. 
Survey data on international trade in services and direct investment 
that are not collected pursuant to the 2012 rule are described 
separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE-150 survey forms and instructions 
are available on the BEA Web site at www.bea.gov/ssb.

Reporting

    Notice of specific reporting requirements, including who is to 
report, the information to be reported, the manner of reporting, and 
the time and place of filing reports, will be mailed to those required 
to complete this survey.
    Who Must Report: (a) U.S. credit card companies and personal 
identification number (PIN)-based debit network companies that process 
payment and bank card transactions between U.S. cardholders and foreign 
businesses and between foreign cardholders and U.S. businesses.
    (b) Entities required to report will be contacted individually by 
BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA have no reporting responsibilities.
    What To Report: The survey collects information 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.
    How To Report: Reports can be filed using BEA's electronic 
reporting system at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the survey forms and 
instructions, which contain complete information on reporting 
procedures and definitions, can be downloaded from the BEA Web site 
given above. Form BE-150 inquiries can be made by phone to BEA at (301) 
278-9303 or by sending an email to [email protected].
    When To Report: Reports are due to BEA 45 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

    This data collection has been approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and 
assigned control number 0608-0072. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by OMB. 
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated 
to average 16 hours per response. Additional information regarding this 
burden estimate may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov; under the Information 
Collection Review tab, click on ``Search'' and use the above OMB 
control number to search for the current survey instrument. Send 
comments regarding this burden estimate to Director, Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (BE-1), U.S. Department of Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., 
Washington, DC 20233; and to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Paperwork Reduction Project 0608-0072, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

    Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108.

Brian C. Moyer,
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2017-03060 Filed 2-14-17; 8:45 am]
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