[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44277-44278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18228]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis


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: Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0035.
    Form Number: BE-13.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Responses: 2,400 annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,400 annually, of which 
approximately 600 file A forms, 180 file B forms, 80 file D forms, 340 
file E forms, and 1,200 file Claim for Exemption forms.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,547 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 2.5 hours 
for the A form, 2.2 hours for the B form, 1.2 hours for the D form, 
0.75 hours for the E form, and 0.25 hours for the Claim for Exemption 
form.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.1 hours per respondent (2,547 
hours/2,400 respondents) is the average but may vary among respondents 
because of differences in company size and complexity.
    Needs and Uses: The Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the 
United States (BE-13) collects information on the acquisition and 
establishment of U.S. business enterprises by foreign investors and on 
expansions by existing U.S. affiliates of foreign companies. The data 
collected on the survey are used to measure the amount of new foreign 
direct investment in the United States, assess the impact on the U.S. 
economy, and ensure complete coverage of BEA's other foreign direct 
investment statistics. This mandatory BE-13 survey is required from 
business enterprises subject to the reporting requirements, whether or 
not they are contacted by BEA. Business enterprises contacted by BEA 
that do not meet the reporting requirements are required to respond to 
indicate that they do not meet the requirements.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Forms BE-13A, BE-13B, BE-13D, and BE-13 Claim for

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Exemption are filed once for a new investment. Form BE-13 E is filed 
annually until the establishment or expansion of the business 
enterprise is complete.
    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 notice 
to OIRA at [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-18228 Filed 8-22-19; 8:45 am]
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