[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 15596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06039]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Direct Investment Surveys: BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct 
Investment in the United States

    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 01/16/2026 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    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, reinstatement without change.
    Number of Respondents: 3,417 annually, of which approximately 402 
file BE-13A forms, 74 file BE-13B forms, 49 file BE-13D forms, 165 file 
BE-13E forms, and 2,727 file BE-13 Claim for Exemption forms.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.6 hours is the average but may vary 
considerably among respondents because of differences in company 
structure and complexity.
    Burden Hours: 2,032.
    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 
Exemption are filed once for a new investment. Form BE-13E is filed 
annually for up to three years after the year of the establishment or 
expansion of the U.S. business enterprise.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended).
    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 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 0608-0035.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Under Secretary for Economic 
Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-06039 Filed 3-27-26; 8:45 am]
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