[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37461-37462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16411]


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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: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0034.
    Form Number: BE-15.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,700 annually, of which 
approximately 2,300 file A forms, 1,600 file B forms, 1,300 file C 
forms, and 500 file Claim for Exemption forms.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 112,350 hours. Total annual 
burden is calculated by multiplying the estimated number of submissions 
of each form by the average hourly burden per form, which is 44.75 
hours for the A form, 3.75 hours for the B form, 2.25 hours for the C 
form, and 1 hour for the Claim for Exemption form.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 19.7 hours per respondent (112,350 
hours/5,700 respondents) is the average, but may vary considerably 
among respondents because of differences in company size and 
complexity.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in 
the United States (BE-15) obtains sample data on the financial 
structure and operations of foreign-owned U.S. business enterprises. 
The data are needed to provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of 
foreign direct investment in the United States to assess its impact on 
the U.S. economy. The sample data are used to derive universe estimates 
in nonbenchmark years from similar data reported in the BE-12, 
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 
which is conducted every five years. The data collected include balance 
sheets; income statements; property, plant, and equipment; employment 
and employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and 
services; taxes; and research and development activity for the U.S. 
operations. In addition to these national data, several data items are 
collected by state, including employment and property, plant, and 
equipment.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    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

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notice to OIRA [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-16411 Filed 7-31-18; 8:45 am]
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