[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62712-62713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16986]


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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; Statement by Ultimate Consignee and Purchaser

    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 March 25, 2024, 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: Statement by Ultimate Consignee and Purchaser.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0021.
    Form Number(s): BIS-711.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 414.
    Average Hours per Response: 16 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 110.
    Needs and Uses: Sections 4812(b)(7) and 4814(b)(1)(B) of the Export 
Control Reform Act (ECRA), authorizes the President and the Secretary 
of Commerce to issue regulations to implement the ECRA including those 
provisions authorizing the control of exports of U.S. goods and 
technology to all foreign destinations, as necessary for the purpose of 
national security, foreign policy and short supply, and the provision 
prohibiting U.S. persons from participating in certain foreign 
boycotts.
    Export control authority has been assigned directly to the 
Secretary of Commerce by the ECRA and delegated by the President to the 
Secretary of Commerce. This authority is administered by the Bureau of 
Industry and Security through the Export Administration Regulations 
(EAR). The ECRA is not permanent legislation, and when it has lapsed 
due to the failure to enact a timely extension, Presidential executive 
orders under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

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(IEEPA) have directed and authorized the continuation in force of the 
EAR.
    The collection is necessary under part 748.11 of the EAR. This 
section states that the Form BIS-711, Statement by Ultimate Consignee 
and Purchaser, or a statement on company letterhead (in accordance with 
748.11(b)(1), unless one or more of the exemptions set forth in section 
748.11(a)) exists. The BIS-711 or letter provides information on the 
foreign importer receiving the U.S. technology and how the technology 
will be utilized. The BIS-711 or letter provides assurances from the 
importer that the technology will not be misused, transferred or re-
exported in violation of the EAR. The form is also required for certain 
reexport authorizations specified in part 748.12(b) of the EAR.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: EAR Part 748.11.
    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 0694-0021.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-16986 Filed 7-31-24; 8:45 am]
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