[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 711-712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00404]


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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

[Public Notice: 2018-3024]


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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SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), 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.
    EXIM will use this information to fulfill the statutory mandate 
(Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended) which directs EXIM 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 EXIM to conduct an annual survey of 
exporters and lenders who used Export-Import Bank's support during the 
prior calendar year. EXIM 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 March 4, 2019 to be 
considered.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically on 
www.regulations.gov (EIB 00-02) 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 EXIM 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.

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    Affected Public:
    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: $4,781.25 (time * wages).
    Benefits and overhead: 20%.
    Total Government Cost: $5,737.5.

Bassam Doughman,
IT Specialist.
[FR Doc. 2019-00404 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6690-01-P