[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 62959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26491]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs; 
Survey of U.S. Ownership of Foreign Securities as of December 31, 2018

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of reporting requirements.

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SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing 
the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of ownership of 
foreign securities by U.S. residents as of December 31, 2018. This 
Notice constitutes legal notification to all United States persons 
(defined below) who meet the reporting requirements set forth in this 
Notice that they must respond to, and comply with, this survey. The 
reporting form SHCA (2018) and instructions may be printed from the 
internet at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/forms-sh.aspx#shc.
    Definition: Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3102, a United States person is 
any individual, branch, partnership, associated group, association, 
estate, trust, corporation, or other organization (whether or not 
organized under the laws of any State), and any government (including a 
foreign government, the United States Government, a State or local 
government, and any agency, corporation, financial institution, or 
other entity or instrumentality thereof, including a government-
sponsored agency), who resides in the United States or is subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States.
    Who Must Report: The reporting panel is based upon the data 
submitted for the 2016 Benchmark survey and the June 2018 TIC report 
``Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign 
Residents'' (TIC SLT). Entities required to report will be contacted 
individually by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Entities not 
contacted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have no reporting 
responsibilities.
    What To Report: This report will collect information on holdings by 
U.S. residents of foreign securities, including equities, long-term 
debt securities, and short-term debt securities (including selected 
money market instruments).
    How To Report: Copies of the survey forms and instructions, which 
contain complete information on reporting procedures and definitions, 
may be obtained at the website address given above in the Summary. 
Completed reports can be submitted electronically or mailed to the 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Data and Statistics Function, 6th 
Floor, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045-0001. Inquiries can be 
made to the survey staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at 
(212) 720-6300 or email: [email protected]. Inquiries can also be 
made to Dwight Wolkow at (202) 622-1276, email: 
[email protected].
    When To Report: Data must be submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank 
of New York, acting as fiscal agent for the Department of the Treasury, 
by March 1, 2019.
    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 1505-0146. 
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. The estimated average annual burden 
associated with this collection of information is 49 hours per 
respondent for end-investors and custodians that file Schedule 3 
reports covering their securities entrusted to U.S. resident 
custodians, 146 hours per respondent for large end-investors filing 
Schedule 2 reports, and 546 hours per respondent for large custodians 
of securities filing Schedule 2 reports. Comments concerning the 
accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this 
burden should be directed to the Department of the Treasury, Attention: 
Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Reporting 
Systems, Room 5422, Washington, DC 20220 and to OMB, Attention: Desk 
Officer for the Department of the Treasury, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503.

Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Reporting 
Systems.
[FR Doc. 2018-26491 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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