[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31011-31012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13274]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Cuban Remittance
Affidavit
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Currently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') within the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning OFAC's
Cuban Remittance Affidavit information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 26, 2011 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions on the Web site for submitting comments.
Fax: Attn: Request for Comments (Cuban Remittance Affidavit) (202)
622-1657
Mail: Attn: Request for Comments (Cuban Remittance Affidavit)
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and the Federal Register Doc. number that appears at the end of this
document. Comments received will be made available to the public via
regulations.gov or upon request, without change and including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202/622-2490, Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202/622-2480, Assistant Director for Policy, tel.:
202/622-4855, Office of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief Counsel
(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622-2410, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of the Treasury (not toll free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Cuban Remittance Affidavit.
OMB Number: 1505-0167.
Abstract: The information is required of persons subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States who make remittances to persons in
Cuba pursuant to the general licenses in section 515.570 of the Cuban
Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (``CACR''). The information
will be used by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department
of the Treasury (``OFAC'') to monitor compliance with regulations
governing unlimited family and family inherited remittances, periodic
$500 remittances, unlimited remittances to religious organizations,
remittances to students in Cuba pursuant to an educational license,
limited emigration remittances, and periodic remittances from blocked
accounts.
Current Actions: The Cuban Remittance Affidavit is currently being
revised to reflect amendments to the CACR published in the Federal
Register on January 28, 2011, which implement policy changes announced
by the President on January 14, 2011, designed to increase people-to-
people contact, support civil society in Cuba, enhance the free flow of
information to, from, and among the Cuban people, and help promote
their independence from Cuban authorities.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000,000 filers: 1,000,000 filing
four times annually and 2,000,000 filing once a year.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 60 seconds per form, for an
estimated four minutes per year for those filing four times annually
and one minute per year for those filing once a year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100,000.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of
information covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'')
control number. Books or records relating to a collection of
information must be retained for five years.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
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Approved: May 24, 2011, 2011.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2011-13274 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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