Notice2021-18629
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Direct Investment Surveys: BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
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Published
August 30, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentEconomic Analysis Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 165 (Monday, August 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48390-48391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18629]
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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-15, Annual Survey of 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 6/16/2021 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce.
Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United
States.
OMB Control Number: 0608-0034.
Form Number: BE-15.
Type of Request: Regular submission, reinstatement without change.
Number of Respondents: 6,600 annually, of which approximately 3,300
file A forms, 1,600 file B forms, 1,200 file C forms, and 500 file
Claim for Exemption forms.
Average Hours per Response: 23.8 hours per respondent (156,875
hours/6,600 respondents) is the average but may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in company size and complexity.
Burden Hours: 156,875 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 44.75 hours for the A form,
3.75 hours for the B form, 2.25 hours for the C form, and
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1 hour for the Claim for Exemption form.
Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in
the United States (BE-15) obtains sample data on the financial
structure and operations of foreign-owned U.S. business enterprises.
The data are needed to provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of
foreign direct investment in the United States to assess its impact on
the U.S. economy. The sample data are used to derive universe estimates
in nonbenchmark years from similar data reported in the BE-12,
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States,
which is conducted every five years. The data collected include balance
sheets; income statements; property, plant, and equipment; employment
and employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and
services; taxes; and research and development activity for the U.S.
operations. In addition to these national data, several data items are
collected by state, including employment and property, plant, and
equipment.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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 0608-0034.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-18629 Filed 8-27-21; 8:45 am]
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