[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 44337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16015]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the 
U.S. Industrial Base

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on April 4, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
    Title: National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the 
U.S. Industrial Base.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0119.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, revision, and extension of a 
current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 28,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 8 to 14 hours.
    Burden Hours: 308,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) conducts 
surveys and assessments of critical U.S. industrial sectors and 
technologies. Undertaken at the request of various policy, research and 
development (R&D), and program and planning organizations within the 
Department of Defense and the Armed Services, Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS), NASA and other agencies, BIS research, data collection 
and analysis provide needed information to benchmark industry 
performance and raise awareness of diminishing manufacturing 
capabilities.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Section 705 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
as amended, Executive Orders 12656 and 13603.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0694-0119.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-16015 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
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